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Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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A DfE proposal for the state to subsidise free 30-hours-a-week childcare for parents of children aged nine months to three years is set to be rejected by the Chancellor in the run up to next month’s Budget, according to press reports.

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

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Friday, February 10, 2023

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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the Chancellor to invest £8.9bn into the early years ahead of the Spring Budget next month (15 March).

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

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A total of 14 local authorities have been chosen as trailblazers of the Family Hubs programme to support 'fast-track' delivery of services that the Government said would benefit thousands of families.

Almost 2 million children could be 'trapped in poverty' as work is not the 'silver bullet'

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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Almost two million UK children could be ‘trapped in poverty’ as their parents face at least one major barrier to ‘working themselves out of hardship’, a new report from Action for Children reveals.

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

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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.

Government unveils major children’s social care reforms with £200m investment

News

Thursday, February 2, 2023

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Plans to reform England’s children’s social care system by putting families ‘at its heart’ have been launched by the Government.

Disadvantaged children 'disproportionally' affected by learning loss during the pandemic

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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Children are making progress to recover the learning they lost during the pandemic, however disadvantaged pupils remain further behind, according to a new NAO report.

Hundreds of thousands of teachers take to the picket lines

News

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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Hundreds of thousands of teachers, college and university staff are taking part in today's national strike, dubbed ‘Walkout Wednesday’.

Liz Bayram to step down as CEO of PACEY

News

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Liz Bayram, chief executive of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY), is leaving the role at the end of January.

Out-of-school providers at risk as rent bills skyrocket

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Many providers of before- and after-school clubs are facing closure as schools increase their rents, while a DfE report highlights safeguarding concerns for the sector. By Katy Morton

Teachers strike to go ahead after education secretary 'squandered an opportunity' to avoid action

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Teachers in the National Education Union will go on strike tomorrow (1 February) after talks with the DfE over improved pay or funding failed.

Brighton parents campaigning against closure of council-run nursery

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Friday, January 27, 2023

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Parents are taking to the streets in a bid to save a council-run nursery in Brighton city centre that is facing closure over budget cuts.

High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

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Friday, January 27, 2023

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In an online event to celebrate the sector during Childcare and Early Education Week, organised by the APPG for Childcare and Early Education, the group’s chair Steve Brine MP invited speakers to share their thoughts on the challenges facing the sector.

'Heartbreaking and wrong' that a million young children are growing up in poverty

News

Thursday, January 26, 2023

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A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) reveals that a million children under the age of four are growing up in poverty.

Children in the North of England most impacted by economic crisis, warn MPs

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

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Children in the North of England are among the most vulnerable to the cost of living crisis, finds new research.

Teachers to strike in England and Wales

News

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

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Teachers who are members of the largest teaching union in the UK are to strike over pay in England and Wales on seven dates in February and March.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

News

Monday, January 16, 2023

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A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

Megan Stephens: How the legacy of Victorian philanthropy lives on in the campaign for free school meals

Opinion

Friday, January 6, 2023

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We may be forgiven for thinking we’re living in the midst of a novel by Charles Dickens, says Megan Stephens, who highlights an unlikely link between a Victorian champion of education, one of the world’s most famous scientists, and an English star of the Qatar World Cup.

A fond farewell to editor-in-chief, Liz Roberts

Features

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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Nursery World's departing editor-in-chief, Liz Roberts, reflects on her time overseeing the title and championing an always-changing early years sector

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

News

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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The Government has declined to confirm or deny reports that Rishi Sunak has ditched plans to relax staff-to-child ratios in nurseries, alongside scrapping other childcare reforms.

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

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Friday, December 16, 2022

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The DfE has announced that childcare funding is to rise by 3.4 per cent for three and four-year-olds and by 4 per cent for two-year-olds in 2023-24, while an extra £20m is being provided to help cover minimum wage increases

Cross-party MPs launch inquiry into childcare affordability

News

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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The Education Committee has today (15 December) launched a new inquiry into the affordability of childcare and early years education.

Children's Commissioner for England puts forward recommendations to better support families

News

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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The Children’s Commissioner for England has published the second part of her independent Family Review, commissioned by the Government.

Ofsted annual report – Workforce crisis affecting children's recovery from pandemic

News

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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Staff shortages in the early years sector are 'compounding' problems for children’s early years education, and must be urgently addressed, according to Ofsted’s annual report.

Education spending report warns the economic 'squeeze' for the childcare sector is yet to be felt

News

Monday, December 12, 2022

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A new report on education spending warns that the early years sector is likely to be ‘increasingly squeezed’ as higher-than-expected inflation erodes the increase in free entitlement funding.

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Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

Almost 2 million children could be 'trapped in poverty' as work is not the 'silver bullet'

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

Government unveils major children’s social care reforms with £200m investment

Disadvantaged children 'disproportionally' affected by learning loss during the pandemic

Hundreds of thousands of teachers take to the picket lines

Liz Bayram to step down as CEO of PACEY

Out-of-school providers at risk as rent bills skyrocket

Teachers strike to go ahead after education secretary 'squandered an opportunity' to avoid action

Brighton parents campaigning against closure of council-run nursery

High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

'Heartbreaking and wrong' that a million young children are growing up in poverty

Children in the North of England most impacted by economic crisis, warn MPs

Teachers to strike in England and Wales

Early years action group to stage protest in March

Megan Stephens: How the legacy of Victorian philanthropy lives on in the campaign for free school meals

A fond farewell to editor-in-chief, Liz Roberts

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

Cross-party MPs launch inquiry into childcare affordability

Children's Commissioner for England puts forward recommendations to better support families

Ofsted annual report – Workforce crisis affecting children's recovery from pandemic

Education spending report warns the economic 'squeeze' for the childcare sector is yet to be felt

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