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EHCPs for half of children delayed, study finds

Friday, July 26, 2024

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Just 49% of education, health and care plans (EHCPs) for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) were produced within the 20-week statutory limit in 2022, with families "begging" councils for help, a report has revealed.

Early years maths programme benefitting disadvantaged young people

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

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Children eligible for the early years pupils premium (EYPP) are most likely to benefit from a maths programme provided by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), analysis has found.

DfE has ‘little understanding’ on impact of spending on disadvantaged pupils, NAO finds

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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The Department for Education has “limited evidence” on how well more than £4 billion worth of funding is being spent on initiatives designed to improve the attainment of disadvantaged children, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

DfE confirms ministerial responsibilities

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

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The Department for Education has confirmed the responsibilities of its ministers.

King’s Speech 2024: Sector welcomes mental health and education support

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

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Sector leaders have welcomed elements of the King's Speech linked to services for children's mental health and education but have questioned the omission of issues including children's social care reform and votes for 16-and 17-year-olds.

Young children with SEND face ‘widest attainment gap on record’

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

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Disadvantaged reception-aged children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are academically further behind their non-disadvantaged peers than at any other time on record, according to a new report.

Council gives nurseries six months to find school or academy partner

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

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Croydon Council is warning two of its maintained nurseries that they need to find an academy or primary school partner within six months to ensure they are financially sustainable.

General Election 2024: Next government urged to prioritise children as voters go to polls

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

| CYP Now

As voters across the UK go to the polls, children’s sector leaders and campaigners are strengthening calls for the next government to focus on young people.

Enough funding for providers is voters’ top childcare priority ahead of election

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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Voters believe the best way to improve early education and childcare is to ensure providers are properly funded to deliver government schemes such as the expansion of free childcare hours for working families.

Nine in 10 councils ‘not confident’ they can deliver full funded childcare expansion

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Thursday, June 27, 2024

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Just under nine in 10 councils are not confident there will be enough childcare places in their area to meet the government’s full expansion of free hours for children from working families.

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real-terms increase of 11%, according to government data.

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029.

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

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The next government needs to develop a national dataset encompassing education, health and social care details for all children, according to recommendations made ahead of July’s general election by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Labour and Conservative childcare pledges will hit ‘poor urban areas’ hardest, think-tank warns

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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Disadvantaged urban areas are set to be hardest hit by a surge in demand for childcare places under early years plans published in both the Conservative and Labour parties’ manifestos, a think-tank is warning.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

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Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for early years

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Access to funded childcare hours has been a key battleground for the three main parties in the lead up to the election.

‘At least' £70mn of early years funding being left unspent by councils

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

| CYP Now

An investigation of early years entitlement funding has found at least £70 million is not being spent by local authorities.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

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Monday, June 10, 2024

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The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Labour pledges 3,300 new nurseries in existing primary schools

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Monday, June 10, 2024

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The Labour Party has pledged to create more than 100,000 new nursery places, many of them in deprived areas, by using empty spaces in primary schools.

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

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Friday, June 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authorities face a £6.2 billion funding gap over the next two years due in part to rising pressures on children’s services, new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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The death of a nine-month-old boy who died after choking on food at nursery has been ruled as “misadventure” following an inquest.

Stockport deputy nursery manager jailed over death of nine-month-old

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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The deputy manager of a Stockport nursery, found guilty of the manslaughter of a nine-month-old baby, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Early years business investment could boost economy, royal report finds

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Investment by the private sector in the early years could add “at least £45.5bn in value” to the UK economy each year, according to research published by the Prince and Princess of Wales’s charity.

Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter

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Monday, May 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A Stockport nursery worker has been convicted of manslaughter over the death of a nine-month-old baby who was left strapped face-down to a beanbag for 90 minutes.

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EHCPs for half of children delayed, study finds

Early years maths programme benefitting disadvantaged young people

DfE has ‘little understanding’ on impact of spending on disadvantaged pupils, NAO finds

DfE confirms ministerial responsibilities

King’s Speech 2024: Sector welcomes mental health and education support

Young children with SEND face ‘widest attainment gap on record’

Council gives nurseries six months to find school or academy partner

General Election 2024: Next government urged to prioritise children as voters go to polls

Enough funding for providers is voters’ top childcare priority ahead of election

Nine in 10 councils ‘not confident’ they can deliver full funded childcare expansion

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

Labour and Conservative childcare pledges will hit ‘poor urban areas’ hardest, think-tank warns

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for early years

‘At least' £70mn of early years funding being left unspent by councils

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Labour pledges 3,300 new nurseries in existing primary schools

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

Stockport deputy nursery manager jailed over death of nine-month-old

Early years business investment could boost economy, royal report finds

Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter

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