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Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries have called on the Government to set out dedicated measures to help them survive, saying they provide vital support to frontline workers and families.

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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Ofsted has suspended all routine inspections of early years providers, schools and further education colleges.

Settings seeking coronavirus advice

News

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

As the Covid-19 outbreak is a developing situation, this story reflects the position as of midday, 12 March.

Contents - On Your Bike!

News

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has introduced a bicycle scheme across all its 39 nurseries.

Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children

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Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

The public spending watchdog has warned that the development gap for disadvantaged children is at risk of increasing due low take-up of funded places in deprived areas and poorer quality provision.

Childcare costs rise above inflation

News

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Britain’s parents are paying 5 per cent more for childcare for the under-twos than they were a year ago, according to a survey.

The Big Picture - Leading in Leeds

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Monday, February 3, 2020

| Nursery World

The nominees for the Child Friendly Leeds Awards have been announced.

New Government figures reveal true scale of children's centre closures

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Friday, January 31, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 1,300 children’s centres closed between 2010 and 2019, newly-published Government figure show.

Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare

News

Friday, January 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Children living in the poorest areas are less likely to attend formal childcare settings and their parents are less aware of the free entitlement, according to new DfE statistics.

Parents increasingly shunning 30 hours charges

News

Monday, November 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are increasingly struggling to get parents to agree to pay a voluntary contribution to take up their 30-hours place.

Cost of childcare forcing parents to quit their jobs

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

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New research which shows that nearly a fifth of parents have had to leave their job because of the cost of childcare, calls for subsidised care from the age of nine months.

Charity calls for free childcare so parents can return to work

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Monday, October 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Coram Family and Childcare wants the Government to put in policies to reduce or remove childcare costs to help mothers living in the most expensive areas for childcare return to work.

The Big Picture - All Ages August

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Monday, September 16, 2019

| Nursery World

Hundreds of intergenerational events and activities have brought people of all ages together in the first #AllAgesAugust.

Association for play calls for urgent investment in playgrounds

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Monday, August 5, 2019

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A new campaign is calling for ‘urgent and sustained’ investment in public play provision to get children spending more time outside.

Bucks children’s centre campaigners lose in High Court

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Monday, July 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Campaigners fighting to keep children’s centres open in Buckinghamshire have lost their case in the High Court.

Interview - Dr Sharon Curtis, manager of Ellesmere Children’s Centre, Sheffield

Other

Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

The Children’s Centre has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund support for a new centre for children with emotional and behavioural needs

Leadsom to report to Cabinet on first 1001 days review

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Andrea Leadsom is to make policy proposals to Cabinet for early help for families ahead of the spending review.

The Big Picture - Royal Support

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a Sure Start centre in Ballymena where they met people who have completed an intensive parenting programme.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

News

Thursday, March 7, 2019

| Nursery World

Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

Childcare isn’t working

Opinion

Monday, January 7, 2019

| Nursery World

We need an affordable and much simpler childcare support system, backed by employers, that helps all parents and carers into work

Children's centres face ongoing fight for survival in 2019

News

Friday, January 4, 2019

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The new year may be just a few days old, but children’s centres in Surrey and the London borough of Lambeth are already facing the axe.

Parents in poor areas less likely to use childcare entitlements

News

Thursday, December 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents in the most deprived parts of the country and on low incomes are much less likely to use or be aware of 30-hour childcare.

More than 130 playgrounds close in two years

News

Friday, November 16, 2018

| Nursery World

The number of playgrounds across England is falling rapidly, according to new research.

£600m underspend as parents shun Tax-Free Childcare

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Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Just a fraction of families eligible for Tax-Free Childcare are using it, Nursery World can reveal.

Campaigners unite to save day nurseries

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Monday, October 29, 2018

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Campaigners across the country are joining forces to fight the closure of council-run and community nurseries, with a rally in Salford on Saturday (27 October) uniting members of the Save Our Nurseries campaigns in Tower Hamlets, Salford and Nottingham.

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Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures

Settings seeking coronavirus advice

Contents - On Your Bike!

Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children

Childcare costs rise above inflation

The Big Picture - Leading in Leeds

New Government figures reveal true scale of children's centre closures

Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare

Parents increasingly shunning 30 hours charges

Cost of childcare forcing parents to quit their jobs

Charity calls for free childcare so parents can return to work

The Big Picture - All Ages August

Association for play calls for urgent investment in playgrounds

Bucks children’s centre campaigners lose in High Court

Interview - Dr Sharon Curtis, manager of Ellesmere Children’s Centre, Sheffield

Leadsom to report to Cabinet on first 1001 days review

The Big Picture - Royal Support

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

Childcare isn’t working

Children's centres face ongoing fight for survival in 2019

Parents in poor areas less likely to use childcare entitlements

More than 130 playgrounds close in two years

£600m underspend as parents shun Tax-Free Childcare

Campaigners unite to save day nurseries

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