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Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

Providers call for greater government support as funded childcare expansion rolls out

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have called for “urgent” support from government as the first phase of its funded childcare expansion rolls out.

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

A tool to help health visitors interpret babies' behaviour should be rolled out nationally following “overwhelmingly positive” results from a trial of its use funded by the Princess of Wales’ charity the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

Majority of councils lack sufficient SEND childcare provision, survey finds

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Just 6% of councils now say they have sufficient childcare provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), a major new report finds.

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Monthly funding payments to childminders by local authorities and greater flexibility for childminder agencies are among proposals included in a government consultation to improve recruitment and retention in the profession.

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Programmes within schools and nurseries should be at the forefront of a government plan to tackle childhood poverty, a think-tank led by the former Children’s Commissioner for England has told ministers.

Tougher regulation needed to tackle ‘excess profiteering’ in early years, says charity

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Regulation of private early years providers needs to be strengthened to tackle “excess profiteering” and improve quality, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

Advice for early years staff on supporting children with parents in prison

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

A new resource for early years providers has been produced to help staff support children with a parent or close relative in prison.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Budget fails to address local authority funding crisis, sector leaders warn

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Jeremy Hunt’s latest budget does nothing to address a funding crisis facing local authorities, sector leaders have said.

Nurseries question ability to deliver on funded childcare expansion

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of nurseries across the country are unsure of their ability to offer additional places to two-year-olds in line with the government's planned expansion of funded childcare hours, new research has shown.

Expanded childcare offer underfunded by £5bn, researchers warn

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Monday, February 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The gap between the government’s £4.3 billion investment in the expansion of funded childcare and the cost of delivering the hours for providers could lead to a £5 billion shortfall, a think tank has warned.

Sharp rise in early years job vacancies revealed ahead of planned childcare expansion

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of job adverts for early years education and childcare practitioners listed in January this year was 146 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels, new research has shown.

Professionals would back return to Sure Start, survey suggests

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Most professionals working with children and young people would back a return to the Sure Start scheme to support children and families, research by CYP Now finds.

Cautious welcome for £1,000 childcare recruitment incentive

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Monday, February 5, 2024

| CYP Now

A £1,000 incentive payment for new early years workers is set to be piloted across 20 local authorities in a bid to boost workforce numbers ahead of the government’s planned expansion of funded childcare.

Disadvantaged children worst hit as early years forced to 'move towards childcare’

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

| CYP Now

The early years sector is increasingly moving towards offering childcare “at the expense of providing high quality education” due to “mounting pressures” on providers, according to latest research.

DfE vows to cover £120m 'miscalculation' in funding for under-twos childcare expansion

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has admitted that a miscalculation in funding for the expansion of childcare places for under-twos from autumn this year has led to a £120m shortfall in investment.

Health visitor shortage leaves services unable to support vulnerable babies, report warns

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Health visiting services lack the capacity to support increasing numbers of vulnerable children due to a shortage of thousands of workers, a survey warns.

Capital lacks infrastructure to support government childcare expansion, says London Assembly

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A new report has called on the Mayor of London to lobby the government to review funding rates for early education entitlements in London to ensure higher-quality provision amid low staffing rates and a lack of infrastructure.

Recruit ‘parent champions’ to design child poverty busting measures, report urges

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Parents should be more involved in the design and delivery of services aimed at tackling ‘systemic’ child poverty in communities across the UK, a report is urging.

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Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

Providers call for greater government support as funded childcare expansion rolls out

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

Majority of councils lack sufficient SEND childcare provision, survey finds

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

Tougher regulation needed to tackle ‘excess profiteering’ in early years, says charity

Advice for early years staff on supporting children with parents in prison

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

Budget fails to address local authority funding crisis, sector leaders warn

Nurseries question ability to deliver on funded childcare expansion

Expanded childcare offer underfunded by £5bn, researchers warn

Sharp rise in early years job vacancies revealed ahead of planned childcare expansion

Professionals would back return to Sure Start, survey suggests

Cautious welcome for £1,000 childcare recruitment incentive

Disadvantaged children worst hit as early years forced to 'move towards childcare’

DfE vows to cover £120m 'miscalculation' in funding for under-twos childcare expansion

Health visitor shortage leaves services unable to support vulnerable babies, report warns

Capital lacks infrastructure to support government childcare expansion, says London Assembly

Recruit ‘parent champions’ to design child poverty busting measures, report urges

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