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Recruitment concerns threaten 30-hour childcare pledge

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Fresh concerns have been raised about the viability of government plans to extend free childcare provision to 30 hours a week after it emerged that nurseries are struggling to recruit qualified staff.

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.

Call for ‘fundamental' review of Ofsted early years inspections

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The government must carry out a major review of the early years inspection system because confidence in Ofsted has waned, providers have warned.

Government plans to fast-track 30-hour childcare pledge

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is to fast-track legislation to double free universal childcare entitlement to 30 hours a week.

Sam Gyimah reappointed as childcare minister

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Sam Gyimah is to remain as childcare minister at the Department for Education (DfE) in the new Conservative government.

Call for focus on quality as free childcare expansion looms

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Further investment is required to boost standards in the early years workforce if plans to boost provision of free childcare are to improve outcomes, campaigners have said.

Election childcare pledges to prompt massive spending cuts

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government departments are facing massive cuts in order to meet free childcare manifesto pledges proposed by the three main parties, a study has claimed.

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is in talks with the Department for Education over plans to overhaul the way children's centres are inspected.

Schools to link up with nurseries to boost standards

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 60 teaching schools across the country will partner up with local nurseries in an effort to improve the quality of early years education for young children.

Labour's childcare pledge to cost £1.6bn, claims Gyimah

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour's plans to increase free childcare would cost double the amount cited by the party, childcare minister Sam Gyimah has claimed.

Nursery survey reveals 'chronic' underfunding

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Nurseries are struggling to deal with a "chronic" underfunding of the government's flagship childcare scheme, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned.

DfE names councils to trial early years pupil premium

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Seven local authorities are to test new arrangements for providing additional support to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds in early education.

Gyimah rejects calls for mandatory first aid training

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has rejected calls for a new legal duty requiring all nursery staff to be trained in paediatric first aid (PFA).

Minister seeks childcare improvements despite rise in EYFS results

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

| CYP Now

The proportion of five-year-olds reaching the expected level of development by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) has increased, new figures show.

Redbridge set to outsource nursery provision

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Friday, October 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Redbridge Council is considering plans to transfer responsibility for its nurseries to private and voluntary providers.

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

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Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's plan to rely on school-based nurseries to deliver more free childcare places for two-year-olds has been described as "nonsensical", after latest figures reveal less than one in 10 of such settings are providing the free entitlement.

Lib Dems pledge free childcare for all two-year-olds

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to provide free childcare for all two-year-olds if they win next year's general election.

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.

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats are calling for the new early years pupil premium to be more than tripled in the next parliament.

Ofsted scraps '30-day' complaint-driven inspections

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has scrapped its complaint-driven inspections of early years settings in relation to low-level complaints following a trial.

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.

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.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of local authorities will be unable to provide all disadvantaged two-year-olds with access to free childcare when the government's flagship scheme expands next month, CYP Now can reveal.

Morgan reveals council powers to tackle extremism in childcare

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are to be given powers to stop funding for early years providers with links to extremism, the Education Secretary has announced.

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Recruitment concerns threaten 30-hour childcare pledge

Government accelerates plans to double free childcare allowance

Call for ‘fundamental' review of Ofsted early years inspections

Government plans to fast-track 30-hour childcare pledge

Sam Gyimah reappointed as childcare minister

Call for focus on quality as free childcare expansion looms

Election childcare pledges to prompt massive spending cuts

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

Schools to link up with nurseries to boost standards

Labour's childcare pledge to cost £1.6bn, claims Gyimah

Nursery survey reveals 'chronic' underfunding

DfE names councils to trial early years pupil premium

Gyimah rejects calls for mandatory first aid training

Minister seeks childcare improvements despite rise in EYFS results

Redbridge set to outsource nursery provision

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

Lib Dems pledge free childcare for all two-year-olds

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

Ofsted scraps '30-day' complaint-driven inspections

Former government adviser issues early years pupil premium warning

Government U-turn on early years qualification entry requirements

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

Morgan reveals council powers to tackle extremism in childcare

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