Search

After-school service representatives have slammed the quality of the Government’s attempt to improve wraparound and holiday provision as ‘incorrect, ill-informed and wishy-washy’.

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

News

Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in York have won their battle for more Government funding for the 30 hours’ childcare pilot.

Free courses from Early Excellence

Other

Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Training consultancy Early Excellence is running a programme of free training and policy updates over the summer.

30 hours childcare risks widening the gap in the early years

News

Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Better-off families are set to benefit from 30 hour childcare at the expense of poorer families, warns a new analysis by think tank CentreForum.

Study finds little lasting impact from free hours

News

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

| Nursery World

The £2bn a year free early years entitlement scheme has done little to boost education outcomes – because most children taking up the provision were already receiving childcare, a study has found.

DfE to offer £3m contract to support 30 hours' childcare

News

Friday, May 20, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is launching a tender process for a two-year contract to support the 30 hours free childcare scheme.

Early years crucial to life chances strategy

News

Thursday, May 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans set out in the Queen’s Speech to focus on improving life chances for disadvantaged families will not work unless the Government tackles child poverty, charities say.

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has included an Education for All Bill in the Queen's Speech, with proposals for under-performing schools to be forcibly converted to academies.

Early education and childcare: forecast for 2020 trends

Opinion

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Patrick Hayes, director of the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA,) says that forthcoming policy moves should expand the childcare market, but not without challenges

Nursery school heads want freedom to convert to academies

News

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Maintained nursery schools should be able to convert to academy status like primary, secondary and special schools, a parliamentary group will be told on Tuesday.

Unions call for halt to academisation

News

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Teaching unions are warning against the Government’s plans to press ahead with a new Education Bill in the Queen’s Speech.

Local authorities reveal details of 30-hour rates

News

Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

More local authorities have confirmed details of the funding for the 30-hour childcare pilots, with the early education entitlement and the extra childcare paid at different rates.