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Adopted children will be entitled to a free nursery place at two

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| Nursery World

The free early education entitlement for two-year-olds will be extended to all adopted children from 2014.

Rise in the number of children cared for by relatives

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

| Nursery World

A major study has revealed for the first time the number of children being brought up by family members other than their parents.

Rise in female unemployment fuelled by cuts to childcare tax credits

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

More than one-in-four women have been out of work for more than a year, according to research, which says that cuts to childcare tax credits are partly to blame for female joblessness.

Government considers parenting classes for all

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government has announced plans to trial the use of vouchers for parenting classes to mothers and fathers with children under the age of five.

Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

More focus needs to be placed on the needs of children revised Government guidelines on safeguarding state.

Boris Johnson lends support to parenting course in primary schools

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Friday, September 23, 2011

| Nursery World

London mayor Boris Johnson has given his backing to the expansion of a scheme which offers free parenting classes to the parents of primary school children.

Four in ten disabled children live in poverty

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Friday, October 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Four in ten disabled children in the UK live in poverty, 'a staggering 320,000' children, according to a report by the Children's Society.

To the point - A fund to keep in trust

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

| Nursery World

Ordinary families are currently being hit with a raft of painful economic cuts, including the loss of one of the most successful savings schemes this country has ever known.

Call for more support for grandparents caring for disabled children

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| Nursery World

Grandparents who raise disabled children face unbearable financial hardship, health problems, isolation and a lack of support, according to a new report.

Parents freed from high childcare costs stay in work

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Low-income parents taking part in a pilot scheme that paid for all their childcare costs say it enabled them to improve their finances, pay off debts and save money.

Early years sector raises concerns about revised EYFS amid a broad welcome

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

The revised Early Years Foundation Stage has received a broadly positive response from the early years sector, although some reservations have been raised over the requirement for progress checks on two-year-olds.

Childminder inspection campaign takes off

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

More than 2,600 childminders have so far taken the National Childminding Association's campaign survey to keep childminders regulated and inspected as individuals under the EYFS.

Welsh Assembly sets out childcare vision

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Accessible, affordable and quality childcare is a key priority of the Welsh Assembly's new child poverty strategy.

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.

DfE recommends parents use apps to help pre-school children learn at home

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Friday, February 21, 2020

| Nursery World

A number of educational apps for two- to five-year-olds have received a stamp of approval from the Department for Education, to encourage parents to boost their children’s learning at home in speaking, writing and reading.