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Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

| CYP Now

A call by MPs to give out-of-work parents more help with childcare costs while undertaking training has been rejected by the government.

Trials of controversial baseline checks to start in September

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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

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Trials of the controversial new test for reception-age children are to get under way in September, the organisation developing the checks has confirmed.

Pressure mounts over changes to childcare ratios

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The UK's largest childcare provider has said it will not be taking advantage of government plans to relax childcare ratios amid growing opposition to the proposal.

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

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School-based nurseries and reception classes will receive separate inspection ratings from September, the head of Ofsted has confirmed.

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Entry standards for the new early years apprenticeship will require applicants to hold English and maths GCSE grades A* to C despite concerns from childcare leaders that it raises the bar too high, the sector's skills body has confirmed.

Literacy campaign champions early education role

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years professionals look set to play a key role in improving the literacy of disadvantaged children as part of a new national campaign to boost reading standards.

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned that the move to a single inspection framework covering all education provision must not lead to further "schoolification" of the early years.

NDNA warns over 'light touch' school regulation

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Friday, October 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals that could see schools providing early years education to young children opt out of Ofsted regulations have been criticised by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) for being too "light touch".

Prioritise free childcare for disadvantaged children, say peers

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A House of Lords Committee is calling for a radical rethink in childcare funding to ensure disadvantaged children are prioritised.

Government accelerates plans to double free childcare allowance

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Monday, June 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is fast-tracking plans to double provision of free childcare to 30 hours a week, with trials set to launch in September 2016, a year earlier than previously planned.

Councils accused of jeopardising government childcare plans

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils have been accused of putting government childcare plans in "significant jeopardy", because they are failing to monitor the number of childcare places in their areas.

Childcare problems to leave families with disabled children worse off, charities warn

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Monday, November 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government plans to offset benefit cuts with the expansion of free early education could leave many disabled families worse off because of the problems they face accessing childcare, a group of charities has warned.

Government refuses to publish evidence submitted to cost of childcare review

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has said it will not publish responses submitted as part of the consultation into the cost of childcare.

Government urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to ditch plans to expand free childcare provision to 30 hours a week for all working parents and replace it with a means-tested system.

Nine children's centres at risk as council proposes cuts to save £1.5m

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Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is considering reducing the number of children's centres it runs as part of efforts to save £1.47m.

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The education of younger children is being put at risk by a shortage in trained early years teachers across nurseries in England, a charity has warned.

Childcare funding reform allocations fail to plug provision gaps

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Funding allocated to individual councils under the government's proposed early years national funding formula does not prioritise areas that most need to boost childcare places, the Family and Childcare Trust (Fact) has warned.

Nursery leaders round on Truss criticism

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have accused childcare minister Elizabeth Truss of failing to understand education, after she branded UK nurseries "chaotic".

NDNA and DfE to trial early years ratios

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is to trial rarely used maximum child-to-staff ratios in early years settings as part of a Department for Education-funded project.

Test ratios in 'real-life nursery', urges NDNA chief

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should base its childcare reforms on "real-life nursery situations" and not on a "paper exercise", the head of an early years charity has argued.

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Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents

Trials of controversial baseline checks to start in September

Pressure mounts over changes to childcare ratios

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

Literacy campaign champions early education role

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

NDNA warns over 'light touch' school regulation

Prioritise free childcare for disadvantaged children, say peers

Government accelerates plans to double free childcare allowance

Councils accused of jeopardising government childcare plans

Childcare problems to leave families with disabled children worse off, charities warn

Government refuses to publish evidence submitted to cost of childcare review

Government urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

Nine children's centres at risk as council proposes cuts to save £1.5m

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

Childcare funding reform allocations fail to plug provision gaps

Nursery leaders round on Truss criticism

NDNA and DfE to trial early years ratios

Test ratios in 'real-life nursery', urges NDNA chief

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