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Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

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.

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is looking at plans to merge its early years, schools and further education inspections under a single framework.

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| CYP Now

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

DfE launches consultation on £50m early years pupil premium

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The new £50m early years pupil premium will amount to £300 for each child eligible for it, the government has confirmed.

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.

Leadership trumps qualifications in ensuring quality childcare, says expert

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of care provided to disadvantaged two-year-olds is determined by the effectiveness of a setting's leadership not the qualifications of staff, a government adviser on childcare has said.

Labour estimates 60,000 shortfall in free childcare places

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly half of local authorities look set to have insufficient nursery places available to deliver free childcare for all eligible two-year-olds just months before the expansion of the scheme, new figures show.

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of all formal complaints made against Ofsted over the past year were from early years providers.

Childcare sector slams 'misguided' government early years policies

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Friday, June 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The majority of early years professionals are opposed to a string of planned changes to childcare policy, according to a new report.

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.

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.

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted will bring the management of all school and further education inspections back in-house, the inspectorate has confirmed.

Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is set to announce plans to bring the inspection of early years settings back in-house, CYP Now can exclusively reveal.

Poor nursery provision fails disadvantaged children, report warns

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds are missing out on high-quality childcare because nurseries in deprived areas offer a poorer standard of early years provision than those in wealthier boroughs, new research has found.

Old Station Nursery boss sells four settings

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The first nursery chain owner to successfully overturn a complaint-driven Ofsted inspection judgment has reduced the number of settings she runs.

Ofsted inspection guidance gets overhaul

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has overhauled its inspection guidance for childcare providers following concerns that it was too confusing.

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.

Call for investigation into 'living wage' childcare plans

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

An investigation should be launched into a council's plans to force nursery owners to pay an enhanced staff wage in order to retain funding for the government's free childcare schemes, the chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance has said.

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Nursery owners in Birmingham have been told they will be stripped of funding to deliver the government's free childcare schemes unless they pay staff enhanced wages.

Government early years policy undermines child wellbeing, experts warn

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The wellbeing of young children could be compromised if the government continues to advocate "developmentally inappropriate practice", a group of early years experts has warned.

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.

Quality of Ofsted early years inspectors under fire

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Senior figures in the early years sector have told Ofsted that many of its inspectors lack the training and skills necessary to make fair judgments on settings.

Truss backs Ofsted vision for school-led early years system

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Monday, April 7, 2014

| CYP Now

A teacher-led self-improving system for the early years would enhance outcomes for disadvantaged children, childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has said.

Early years providers hit back at Ofsted chief's 'misguided' attack on sector

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Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The early years sector has hit out at Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw for blaming providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school, calling the criticism unjust.

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has blamed early years providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school.

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Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

DfE launches consultation on £50m early years pupil premium

Sector pinpoints early years funding as policy priority

Leadership trumps qualifications in ensuring quality childcare, says expert

Labour estimates 60,000 shortfall in free childcare places

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

Childcare sector slams 'misguided' government early years policies

Childcare policy 'not fit for purpose', warns report

Early years sector slams Ofsted over inspection plans

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

Poor nursery provision fails disadvantaged children, report warns

Old Station Nursery boss sells four settings

Ofsted inspection guidance gets overhaul

Dozens of nurseries opt out of EYFS

Call for investigation into 'living wage' childcare plans

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

Government early years policy undermines child wellbeing, experts warn

Teachers' leader attacks government focus on early years testing

Quality of Ofsted early years inspectors under fire

Truss backs Ofsted vision for school-led early years system

Early years providers hit back at Ofsted chief's 'misguided' attack on sector

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

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