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Inquiry calls for a family revolution
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- Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | Nursery World
A national inquiry into family life has called for a major overhaul of services, including Sure Start children's centres.
Early end to subsidised childcare tax credits scheme costs parents dear
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- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | Nursery World
Parents on a pilot scheme to help lower-income families with their childcare costs have been told they will have to pay back 500 because the pilot is ending in September, nine months earlier than planned.
Analysis: Reform facing frontline child protection
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- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | Nursery World
Will plans for social workers taking a different approach to child protection reduce the chances of serious abuse cases occurring? Mary Evans hears from sector experts.
Government taskforce set up to support children and families
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- Thursday, June 17, 2010 | Nursery World
A new Childhood and Families Taskforce is to develop policies to improve childhood and family life, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said today.
Vetting and barring scheme put on hold as Government orders review
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- Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | Nursery World
The Vetting and Barring Scheme for nine million people working with children and vulnerable adults has been halted so that a review can be carried out for a more measured approach, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced today.
Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say
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- Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | Nursery World
The group 38 Degrees is urging people to write to their MP to support an amendment to the Academies Bill to ensure that schools seeking academy status will have to consult the local community.
Government launches child protection review
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- Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | Nursery World
Education secretary Michael Gove and children and families minister Tim Loughton last week invited Professor Eileen Munro from the London School of Economics to conduct an independent review of child protection and social work in England that will focus on how social workers can spend more time with vulnerable children.
New smacking rules omit nannies
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- Tuesday, April 6, 2010 | Nursery World
Smacking is to be banned for all tutors and carers who work with children outside the family, including part-time educational settings, Sunday schools and madrassas, following a review.
Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services
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- Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | Nursery World
Every children's centre outreach service could soon have to comply with a set of core principles and standards, under draft plans by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Think tank warns of 'nursery NEETs'
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- Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | Nursery World
More than one in ten five-year-olds are at risk of disengaging from education when they start school, according to a new report.
Providers to lead speech skills campaign
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- Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | Nursery World
Children's communications skills will be the focus of a 'National Year' campaign in 2011 spearheaded by the Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary sector providers, set up by Afasic, BT Better World Campaign, the Council for Disabled Children and I CAN.
Voucher payment 'loophole' could leave nurseries out of pocket
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- Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | Nursery World
A nursery owner has uncovered a loophole in the voucher payment system, which he claims could be exploited by parents and leave nursery businesses with hundreds of pounds in childcare fees unpaid.
Pre-schools forced to pull out of free entitlement
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- Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | Nursery World
More than 1,000 funded places for three- and four-year-olds in Buckinghamshire could be lost because a group of pre-schools say they cannot remain sustainable without more funding when the free entitlement is extended to 15 hours in September.
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