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IPPR calls for 'economy-boosting' universal childcare offer

Friday, February 21, 2014

| CYP Now

A leading think-tank has reignited its call to the government to fund universal childcare delivered by children's centres, claiming the move could boost the economy by £1.5bn.

Ofsted abandons complaint-driven inspections

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Complaints against childcare providers will no longer automatically trigger inspections of settings, Ofsted has confirmed.

30,000 two-year-olds missing out on free childcare places

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Monday, February 17, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 30,000 disadvantaged two-year-olds are missing out on free childcare places with take-up especially patchy in London, according to research.

Nursery overturns Ofsted rating downgrade

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A Gloucestershire nursery has become one of the first settings in England to have a complaint-driven inspection result overturned by Ofsted.

Funding for free childcare insufficient, sector warns

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

A government scheme delivering free childcare places to disadvantaged two-year-olds is not financially viable, early years experts say.

£755m to fund free childcare expansion

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities will receive £755m to deliver free childcare places for disadvantaged two-year-olds from next September, the government has announced.

Think-tank backs children's centres to take early years lead

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

A universal childcare model delivered by children's centres could boost the economy by £1.5bn, according to a new report.

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has given a funding boost to early years services in London after figures show only half of the capital's councils have enough nursery places available to provide free childcare for all disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Free childcare helps reduce depression risk, finds research

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

| CYP Now

The provision of government-funded childcare enables single mothers to achieve a positive work-life balance, which in turn reduces the risk of depression, according to new research.

Rating downgrades 'threaten free childcare scheme'

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years providers say tougher inspections will make it harder for the sector to provide all the nursery places needed to deliver the government's free childcare scheme.

Complained-about childcare settings face greater downgrade risk, data shows

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years settings that receive a complaint are nearly twice as likely to have their Ofsted rating downgraded as those that do not, new analysis suggests.

DfE doubles early years apprenticeship bursary

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Monday, November 25, 2013

| CYP Now

A government bursary scheme designed to encourage more people to become childcare professionals has been doubled to £3,000.

Third of councils lack free childcare places

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

| CYP Now

One in three local authorities do not have enough nursery places available to provide free childcare for all disadvantaged two-year-olds, new figures show.

Attempt to legally limit childcare ratios fails

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Friday, November 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The door has been left open for the government to increase staff-to-child ratios in early years settings after plans to put current limits into law were scrapped.

Outcomes focus for new Ofsted early years framework

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Friday, October 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Safeguarding, safety and teaching are set to be the focus of Ofsted's new inspection framework for nurseries, the inspectorate's early years lead has said.