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Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

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Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

Early Years Pupil Premium: Can nurseries make the EYPP work?

News

Monday, February 9, 2015

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The early years pupil premium comes into effect this April. But while the extra funding is welcome, the initiative looks likely to present some challenges for settings, as Charlotte Goddard explains.

Interview - Jonathan Broadbery

Other

Monday, August 20, 2018

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The new head of policy and external relations at the National Day Nurseries Association talks about his role

Call for national early intervention strategy

News

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

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MPs are calling for a new national early intervention strategy to tackle childhood adversity and trauma, and are calling on the Government to hold the long-delayed consultation on children's centres.

MPs blame Government's 30-hour childcare policy for 'entrenching inequality'

News

Thursday, February 7, 2019

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The Government should review 30 hour childcare to address the ‘perverse consequences’ that are leading to a growing gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, MPs have said.

More than half of Warwickshire’s children’s centres to close

News

Monday, November 13, 2017

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As part of a redesign of services for children and families, Warwickshire County Council is closing 25 of its 39 children’s centres in a bid to save £1.1 million.

Continuing struggle for parents to find a 30 hours place

News

Friday, April 13, 2018

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The latest DfE figures on 30-hour codes for the summer term show 50,000 parents who have been issued a code have not had it validated, suggesting an increasing struggle to find a childcare place.

A third of Scottish nursery children already using extra funded hours

News

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

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Thousands of children in Scotland are already using additional childcare hours, just under a year away from full roll out, according to the Scottish Government.

Children’s services ‘pushed to breaking point’, analysis reveals

News

Thursday, October 22, 2020

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Children's charities are warning that the system is reaching crisis point, in the run-up to the Chancellor's one-year Spending Review in late November, which will focus on protecting jobs and responding to the Covid-19 pandemic,

Ofsted warning underlines the pressures facing vulnerable children and families right now

Opinion

Thursday, November 12, 2020

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The damage done by Covid-19 and lockdown on families is only just starting to be felt, warns Tom McBride of the Early Intervention Foundation

Scotland: £1m outdoor clothing fund launched

News

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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A new £1m outdoor winter clothing fund has been launched by the Scottish Government to improve access to outdoor experiences in funded early learning and childcare (ELC) settings.

Children and families in social care are ‘not getting a good enough deal’, report reveals

News

Thursday, June 17, 2021

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An ‘urgent’ new approach to children in social care is needed, after an independent review has found that the system is too focused on investigating families rather than providing them with support.

Government treatment of early years sector 'unforgivable'

News

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Early Years Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch has said the Government’s treatment of early years settings during the pandemic was ‘unforgivable’ and vowed to continue to put pressure on ministers for more funding for the sector.

Wales pledges £36.6m to support Covid recovery for children and families

News

Thursday, October 7, 2021

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The Welsh government has announced more funding to help support children’s wellbeing and recovery for families from the pandemic, including funding for play and to increase childcare places.

Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

News

Thursday, March 17, 2022

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Around one in three working parents with pre-school children spend more than a third of their wages on childcare, reveals a new poll.

Queen's speech criticised for failing to provide immediate help for 'struggling families'

News

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

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Organisations and charities have expressed their disappointment over the lack of support for children and families in the Queen’s speech.

Bright Stars nursery group has its funding withdrawn by Scottish council

News

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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Bright Stars nursery group, formerly ICP Education, has had its childcare funding withdrawn for four of its sites in East Lothian.

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

News

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson will pledge to roll out free breakfast clubs to all primary school children, invest in the childcare workforce, and oppose the Government's plan to change staff to child ratios in early years settings.

DfE reveals early years funding breakdown

News

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

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Early years providers can compare the funding they receive with their neighbours in other local authorities in an updated version of the early years online funding tool.

Local authorities warn of a shortage of 'high quality' funded places

News

Friday, October 11, 2013

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Local authorities have raised concerns that many of the childminders coming forward to offer funded places for two, three and four year olds are not sufficiently well-qualified to provide high quality early years education.

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

News

Thursday, May 8, 2014

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New analysis shows that Labour's plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours a week could help 135,000 more mothers return to work.

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

News

Friday, July 4, 2014

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The House of Lords has set up an inquiry to examine how pre-school childcare in England is funded.

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

News

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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A childminding agency has been rated ‘ineffective’ leaving local authorities considering withdrawing funding from hundreds of childminder members.

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

News

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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Labour has ruled out offering universal free childcare in favour of a means-tested offer to reduce spending commitments, reveal reports.

Deprived areas hit the hardest as nursery closures increase by 50 per cent

News

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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Nursery closures in England rose by 50 per cent in 2022-23 compared with the previous year, with many settings in the most deprived parts of the country forced to shut.

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Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Early Years Pupil Premium: Can nurseries make the EYPP work?

Interview - Jonathan Broadbery

Call for national early intervention strategy

MPs blame Government's 30-hour childcare policy for 'entrenching inequality'

More than half of Warwickshire’s children’s centres to close

Continuing struggle for parents to find a 30 hours place

A third of Scottish nursery children already using extra funded hours

Children’s services ‘pushed to breaking point’, analysis reveals

Ofsted warning underlines the pressures facing vulnerable children and families right now

Scotland: £1m outdoor clothing fund launched

Children and families in social care are ‘not getting a good enough deal’, report reveals

Government treatment of early years sector 'unforgivable'

Wales pledges £36.6m to support Covid recovery for children and families

Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

Queen's speech criticised for failing to provide immediate help for 'struggling families'

Bright Stars nursery group has its funding withdrawn by Scottish council

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

DfE reveals early years funding breakdown

Local authorities warn of a shortage of 'high quality' funded places

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

Deprived areas hit the hardest as nursery closures increase by 50 per cent

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