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

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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 on 4 July.

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

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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.

Providers fear 'lack of nursery places' as funded childcare expansion applications open for nine-month-olds

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Monday, May 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have raised concerns over a lack of “suitable” nursery places as the Department for Education opens applications for funded childcare hours to parents of children as young as nine months.

‘Fundamental concerns’ emerge over early years training changes

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

| CYP Now

A training provider has raised “fundamental concerns” over changes being proposed by the government around the career progression of early years staff.

Lack of long-term funding could see Start for Life services cut, council leaders warn

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority leaders have raised concerns that government-funded services for young children and families could be cut due to a lack of long-term funding for the Start for Life scheme.

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised concerns that the government’s extension of early years entitlements for working families will widen the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.

Working migrant families 'locked out' of funded childcare expansion

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of working migrant families are missing out on government funded childcare, human rights campaigners have warned.

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has revealed plans to pilot the use of surplus school spaces to offer childcare provision as part of its expansion of funded hours.

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Early years bodies have questioned government assertions that the rollout of the funded childcare expansion is going to plan and claim that latest data fails to show a complete picture of the reality on the ground.

Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

England is one of only a few countries where poorer families spend a higher proportion of their income on childcare than their more well-off peers, new research finds.

GCSE results for disadvantaged children 'greatly improved by Sure Start'

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Children eligible for free school meals (FSM) who live near a Sure Start centre saw increased performance at GCSE by three grades, six times higher than children not eligible for FSM, new research has found.

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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

Providers fear 'lack of nursery places' as funded childcare expansion applications open for nine-month-olds

‘Fundamental concerns’ emerge over early years training changes

Lack of long-term funding could see Start for Life services cut, council leaders warn

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

Working migrant families 'locked out' of funded childcare expansion

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

GCSE results for disadvantaged children 'greatly improved by Sure Start'

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