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London Mayor urged to encourage young men into childcare roles

Thursday, January 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been called on to launch a recruitment drive to encourage more young men to work in the early years sector.

Holiday play schemes can improve the development of children with limited English, LGA finds

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

“Significant developmental value” for children with limited English language skills can be gained through their attendance of play-based holiday provision, research by the Local Government Association (LGA) suggests.

Latest guidance on strep A, scarlet fever and flu in schools and nurseries

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued back to school guidance for professionals working with children amid high circulation rates of winter illnesses.

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) are among sector leaders to be recognised in King Charles III first New Year's Honours list.

Sector concerns over reports Rishi Sunak will postpone childcare reforms

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Early years experts are urging the Prime Minister to deliver “urgently needed” childcare reforms, following reports that Rishi Sunak will shelve plans to overhaul the childcare system.

Father of deaf children calls for increased access to specialist therapy programme

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

| CYP Now

A father of two young deaf children met with MP Victoria Prentis to push for “life-changing” auditory verbal therapy to be made widely available to deaf children across the UK.

Children’s commissioner calls for greater distribution of family hubs

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Increased numbers of family hubs and improvements to the government’s Start for Life scheme are among calls made by the children’s commissioner for England to improve family life for children.

Early years funding uplift branded ‘insufficient’

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Friday, December 16, 2022

| CYP Now

A Department for Education funding increase for childcare places has been branded “insufficient” by early years leaders who say it will amount to “just pennies in practice”.

Health visitor shortage 'poses risk' to children with SEND, Ofsted director says

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Friday, December 16, 2022

| CYP Now

A shortage of health visitors poses a risk to vulnerable children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and victims of domestic violence, who would benefit from early intervention or support, warned Ofsted's director for social care.

MPs to investigate childcare costs

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

| CYP Now

The House of Commons education committee has launched an inquiry to investigate why early years education and childcare “has become too expensive for a growing proportion of young families”.

Early years registrations at six-year low, Ofsted reports

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

| CYP Now

This year has seen the largest annual decrease in the number of childcare providers registered with Ofsted since 2015/16, the inspectorate's annual report finds.

Universal free childcare could boost UK economy by £13bn per year, says report

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Providing free childcare for all families until the end of primary school could boost the UK economy by £13bn per year, according to a new report.

Nursery group secures funding to double free childcare hours for vulnerable children

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Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

A social enterprise nursery group based in London has secured funding for the disadvantaged children in its care to receive an additional 15 hours of funded childcare each week.

Early years providers slam government ‘failure’ over thousands of setting closures

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years providers have accused the government of “failing” the sector as new Ofsted figures reveal the closures of thousands of childminders and nurseries over the last year.

Concerns raised as government delays SEND review plan until 2023

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have raised concerns about further delays in improving support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), after the government confirmed it will not respond to the SEND review until early next year.

CYP Now Awards winners revealed on night of celebration

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Friday, November 25, 2022

| CYP Now

The winners of the 2022 Children and Young People Now Awards were unveiled at a glittering ceremony in London.

Attainment gap wider than pre-pandemic, study finds

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

| CYP Now

The attainment gap between young children from poorer families and their classmates from more affluent backgrounds is wider than before the Covid-19 pandemic, research is warning.

Petition urges government to increase funding for early years settings

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

| CYP Now

A petition is urging the government to increase funding for childcare settings, following a backlash from providers who said the autumn statement "neglected" the early years sector.

Autumn statement: Wage increase without extra funding 'could force nurseries to close'

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Friday, November 18, 2022

| CYP Now

Childcare providers have warned that without increased funding for early years education, the national minimum wage increase proposed in Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement will “wreak havoc” on the sector and force nurseries across the UK to close.

Autumn statement: Jeremy Hunt announces funding for schools and children’s social care

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

| CYP Now

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has pledged annual funding of £2.3bn for schools over the next two years alongside a combined multi-billion-pound uplift for children and adult’s social care in his autumn statement.

Ombudsman criticises council’s failure to oversee nursery fees

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

| CYP Now

Nottinghamshire County Council has been criticised by the local government and social care ombudsman (LGO) for failures to oversee fees charged by a nursery.

Robin Walker elected as education select committee chair

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

| CYP Now

Former education minister Robin Walker has been named as chair of the education select committee.

Autumn statement: Cross-party MPs support free school meal extension

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

| CYP Now

Two thirds of MPs are backing calls for government to extend free school meal (FSM) eligibility to include all pupils from families receiving universal credit in the autumn statement, a survey has revealed.

MP debate proves 'no case to change ratios', early years leaders say

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

| CYP Now

MPs have laid out sector concerns around government plans to relax childcare staffing ratios during a parliamentary debate, with experts saying the arguments show a clear opposition to the proposal.

Core funding rates for three- and four-year-olds to fall by 10p an hour, research warns

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Monday, November 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Inflation will see early years hit by an eight per cent fall in real-terms funding next year, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found.

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London Mayor urged to encourage young men into childcare roles

Holiday play schemes can improve the development of children with limited English, LGA finds

Latest guidance on strep A, scarlet fever and flu in schools and nurseries

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

Sector concerns over reports Rishi Sunak will postpone childcare reforms

Father of deaf children calls for increased access to specialist therapy programme

Children’s commissioner calls for greater distribution of family hubs

Early years funding uplift branded ‘insufficient’

Health visitor shortage 'poses risk' to children with SEND, Ofsted director says

MPs to investigate childcare costs

Early years registrations at six-year low, Ofsted reports

Universal free childcare could boost UK economy by £13bn per year, says report

Nursery group secures funding to double free childcare hours for vulnerable children

Early years providers slam government ‘failure’ over thousands of setting closures

Concerns raised as government delays SEND review plan until 2023

CYP Now Awards winners revealed on night of celebration

Attainment gap wider than pre-pandemic, study finds

Petition urges government to increase funding for early years settings

Autumn statement: Wage increase without extra funding 'could force nurseries to close'

Autumn statement: Jeremy Hunt announces funding for schools and children’s social care

Ombudsman criticises council’s failure to oversee nursery fees

Robin Walker elected as education select committee chair

Autumn statement: Cross-party MPs support free school meal extension

MP debate proves 'no case to change ratios', early years leaders say

Core funding rates for three- and four-year-olds to fall by 10p an hour, research warns

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