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Conference to tackle gender imbalance in early years workforce

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

| Nursery World

A conference on engaging men in the early years will be held at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford later this month.

Labour appoints new shadow early years minister

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Tracy Brabin, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, has been appointed as shadow minister for early years in Jeremy Corbyn’s reshuffle.

NDNA survey: 'Crunch time for nurseries'

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Friday, June 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in England will receive just 40p extra an hour on average to offer the free 30 hours to working families, according to new research by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Social mobility: Call for radical reform on 'divided' Britain

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

| Nursery World

It will take 40 years for the gap between the poorest five-year-olds and their better-off peers to close, at the current rate of progress, the Social Mobility Commission has warned.

Menus to be brought in for early years settings

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

| Nursery World

New food guidelines for nurseries and childminders are due to be published by the Government.

Childminder details published in breach of privacy by HMRC

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Private details of a number of childminders, including home addresses, have been published in error on HMRC’s Childcare Service website.

Robert Goodwill named the new children and families minister

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

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The new minister in the Department for Education is taking on responsibility for early years and childcare.

OECD in 'schoolification' warning

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Monday, June 26, 2017

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Primary schools need to do more to be ready for children, rather than the other way round, says a new report from the OECD that examines the transition from early years to primary education.

APPG eyes launch

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Monday, June 26, 2017

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The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Childcare and Early Education has gained the backing of the National Day Nurseries Association, CACHE and the Foundation Stage Forum as well as the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

30 hours for whom?

Opinion

Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Michael Pettavel, whose nursery school is in one of the areas piloting the 30 hours, wonders who the funded hours are really for

Early years minister role still vacant

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Friday, June 23, 2017

| Nursery World

The sector is anxiously awaiting news about who will take on the Government’s early years brief following the announcement that the former early years minister, Caroline Dinenage, has been moved to the Department for Work and Pensions.

High Court rules benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with young children

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

| Nursery World

The High Court has ruled today that the application of the benefit cap to lone parents with children under two is unlawful because it discriminates both against the children and their parents.

Queen’s Speech 2017: Free school meals to stay

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

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The Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to axe universal infant free school meals was omitted from the Queen’s speech, as were proposals to build new grammar schools.

International study calls for more early years funding to close the gap

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The OECD has welcomed the expansion of 30 hours of funded childcare but urged governments to do more to improve access to quality provision for disadvantaged children.

Early years funding fails to keep pace with inflation

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Friday, June 16, 2017

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More than a quarter of local authorities’ early years funding rates have seen real-terms cuts over the past five years, Pre-school Learning Alliance research reveals.