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Peer-to-peer support boosts early years services

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

| CYP Now

A government-funded early years support programme has helped practitioners improve services for children and families, according to research.

Experts warn against witch hunt of male childcarers

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare experts have urged early years practitioners to not focus on gender when learning lessons from the Little Stars Nursery child abuse case.

Early education profile pilot raises questions over standards

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Two fifths of five-year-olds involved in a pilot of the government's revised early years curriculum have reached its ideal standard.

Teachers' leader attacks government focus on early years testing

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

An increasing focus on formal learning and assessment within the early years is putting "undue pressure" on young children, Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), has warned.

Early years sector slams Ofsted over inspection plans

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted's failure to bring childcare inspections back in-house mean it is treating the early years as a "second-class service", sector leaders have said.

Childcare policy 'not fit for purpose', warns report

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Decade-old childcare policy is affecting the quality of early years education for today's young children, a report concludes.

Sector pinpoints early years funding as policy priority

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Providing greater investment in the early years should be a priority for the next government, key childcare organisations have said.

Government U-turn on early years qualification entry requirements

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has backtracked on plans to require applicants to have at least a GCSE grade C in English and maths before they can begin an early years apprenticeship.

Former government adviser issues early years pupil premium warning

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The £300 early years pupil premium (EYPP) will fail to incentivise the best settings to reach out to disadvantaged children unless it is increased, a former government adviser has warned.

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children in London could miss out on up to £1.1m of funding unless the £300 early years pupil premium is amended to reflect the capital's higher living costs, councils have warned.

Early years providers given data to compare rates of funding for free entitlement

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Small early years providers should challenge their local authorities on funding provided to offer free childcare to three- and four-year-olds after the publication of national spending data, according to the Pre-School Learning Alliance.

Childcare Commission must broaden parameters, urges NDNA

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The early years funding system and policy changes including the welfare reforms must be central to the debate on the future of childcare in England, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned.

Free childcare take-up tops 200,000

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 200,000 children have benefitted from the government's extended free childcare initiative during the first term, figures have shown.

Ofsted chief urges academic focus for early years inspectors

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Friday, March 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The educational development of children and their readiness for formal schooling must be taken into account when considering an early years setting's inspection judgment, the head of Ofsted has said.

Childcare groups voice concerns over 'weak' EYFS reforms

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Support for vulnerable young children and efforts to encourage learning through play, could be undermined by the government's proposed reforms of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), childcare groups have warned.

Shortage of early years teachers 'risks developmental delay' for 800,000 children

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Friday, February 17, 2017

| CYP Now

As many as 800,000 children are at risk of starting school behind their peers in literacy and numeracy because of a shortage of early years teachers, a charity has warned.

Ofsted extends third-party early years inspection contracts

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will continue to outsource the vast majority of its early years inspection work despite opposition from providers, it has emerged.

4.3m families struggling to access childcare, warns charity

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Action for Children is warning that 4.3m parents of pre-school aged children are missing out on, or are struggling to access, childcare and support.

Free childcare expansion pilot councils announced

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A group of eight councils have been handed £13m to pilot the government's flagship 30-hour free childcare initiative.

Staff set to strike over children's centre closures

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

| CYP Now

Members of staff at a council that is planning to shut all of its children's centres will go on strike next week, it has been announced.

Council announces plans to axe 25 children's centres

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to close 25 children's centres as part of its overhaul of services for children and families.

Poorer children less likely to receive formal childcare

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Friday, March 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Children from deprived backgrounds are less likely to receive formal childcare, a government study has found.

Lack of childcare awareness affects life chances, commission warns

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Monday, March 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A lack of awareness among working-class parents about what early years and childcare support is available to them is affecting their children's life chances, the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has warned.

Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Children could miss out on their entitlement to free early years care as local authorities prioritise primary school places to meet a rise in demand, an education union has warned.

Dozens of nurseries opt out of EYFS

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Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Forty-three independent nursery providers have opted out of teaching the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has confirmed.

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Peer-to-peer support boosts early years services

Experts warn against witch hunt of male childcarers

Early education profile pilot raises questions over standards

Teachers' leader attacks government focus on early years testing

Early years sector slams Ofsted over inspection plans

Childcare policy 'not fit for purpose', warns report

Sector pinpoints early years funding as policy priority

Government U-turn on early years qualification entry requirements

Former government adviser issues early years pupil premium warning

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

Early years providers given data to compare rates of funding for free entitlement

Childcare Commission must broaden parameters, urges NDNA

Free childcare take-up tops 200,000

Ofsted chief urges academic focus for early years inspectors

Childcare groups voice concerns over 'weak' EYFS reforms

Shortage of early years teachers 'risks developmental delay' for 800,000 children

Ofsted extends third-party early years inspection contracts

4.3m families struggling to access childcare, warns charity

Free childcare expansion pilot councils announced

Staff set to strike over children's centre closures

Council announces plans to axe 25 children's centres

Poorer children less likely to receive formal childcare

Lack of childcare awareness affects life chances, commission warns

Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care

Dozens of nurseries opt out of EYFS

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