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EYFS REVIEW special - what it means for you and your practice

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Emerging after eight months of consultation with parents, carers, local authorities, academics and professional organisations and following countless visits to early years settings and a thorough examination of research evidence, the outcomes of Dame ClareTickell's review of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) have finally been revealed.

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

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A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

Editor’s view - Year of living dangerously

Monday, December 10, 2018

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2018 has been very tough for those in early years education and childcare – and it is hard to predict what the new year will bring

Councils warn disadvantaged children missing out on funded places

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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Disadvantaged children are missing out on funded childcare, local authorities have warned.

Childcare isn’t working

Monday, January 7, 2019

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

MPs present mass nursery schools petition in Parliament

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

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Thousands of campaigners against the closure of maintained nursery schools have signed a mass petition presented to Parliament yesterday by more than 30 MPs.

Why we are introducing childminder agencies

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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The agencies being introduced by the Children and Families Bill will support great childminders and encourage more to enter the profession, says Education Minister Elizabeth Truss

Poorer children gain most from universal childcare

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

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Children from immigrant and disadvantaged backgrounds benefit most from universal childcare but are least likely to access it, research has found.

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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Childcare Champions, a campaign website, has launched three weeks before the Budget when a major Government announcement is expected on childcare funding.

Millions of children missing out on support

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

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Half of the £8.6bn children’s services budget in England is currently being spent on just 73,000 children, meaning millions go without support, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

Friday, March 1, 2013

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The Pre-School Learning Alliance has lodged an online petition on the Government's epetitions website calling for a halt to the controversial plans to change childcare ratios.

Disadvantage gap will take 'more than 100 years' to close

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

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Children must be given equal access to high quality early years provision to tackle educational inequality, a leading think-tank has said.

London faces two-year-old places shortage and funding crisis

Monday, December 17, 2012

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London currently faces a shortfall of 25,000 nursery and childminder places to meet the Government's offer of free early education for 20 per cent of two-year-olds by September 2013.

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis on early intervention, close involvement of families and joint commissioning of services across education, health and social care to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

Early years sector unites against plans to cut ratios

Friday, January 25, 2013

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Protests against any plans to lower staff child ratios for nurseries and childminders are gaining force against mounting anticipation of a Government announcement next week on changes to allow better qualified staff to look after more children.

Sarah Teather confirms multi-million pound contract to support two-year-old nursery places

Thursday, June 21, 2012

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The management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has been awarded the 4m contract to support the Government's rollout of childcare places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Teaching union warns against the danger of profit making schools

Monday, September 3, 2012

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The Association of Teaching and Learning's new president Hank Roberts has spoken out against Education Secretary Michael Gove's plans for schools to be run for profit.

Stigma leads poorer children to shun free school meals

Monday, September 24, 2012

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Schools should allow all children eating a packed lunch and schools meals to eat together at the same time to increase take-up of free school meals, a new study recommends.

Councils face cuts to early intervention funding

Friday, September 28, 2012

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Where the Department for Education has found 100m for capital funding to support early years settings to expand places for two-year-olds, is unclear.

Minister sets out more details on funding rates for childcare reforms

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

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Children's minister Claire Couthino says that national average hourly funding rate for two-year-olds will rise to £8 this September and to £5.50 for three-to-four-year-olds. When the offer of 15 hours for children aged nine months and above is launched in September 2024, hourly funding is expected to be around £11 – with promises of ‘more to come’.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

Thursday, March 16, 2023

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Most respondents to the Department for Education's consultation on changes to staff: child ratios for two-year-olds are against the plans, which the Government says will start in September.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

Thursday, March 16, 2023

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The director of the Out-of-School Alliance (OOSA) has welcomed the additional Government investment in wrap-around care, announced within the Budget, with 'caution'.

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

Thursday, March 16, 2023

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The sector has broadly welcomed the Budget announcement to boost the number of childminders by introducing start-up grants, however expressed disappointment over a lack of support for those currently in the profession.

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