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Councils accused of jeopardising government childcare plans

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 fails to meet ICO deadline on childcare funding calculations

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has refused to publish how it calculated its funding rates for the 30 hours childcare offer despite an order by the information commissioner, according to campaigners.

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.

Pause to children's centre inspections could have "very serious" implications

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A government decision to suspend inspections of children's centres is placing children at risk, it has been claimed.

Greening unveils £50m grant scheme to create more childcare places

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

| CYP Now

A grant scheme worth £50m has been set up by government to create 9,000 more childcare places ahead of the expansion of free provision later this year.

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.

Truss failed to meet major providers during childcare consultation

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Monday, June 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Elizabeth Truss failed to consult directly with some of the largest early years providers when drawing up childcare reforms, an official list of her meetings reveals.

Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| CYP Now

Early years providers are urged to take part in a government-backed initiative which aims to cut stressors that are "taking their toll" on the workforce.

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Councils accused of jeopardising government childcare plans

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

Government fails to meet ICO deadline on childcare funding calculations

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

Pause to children's centre inspections could have "very serious" implications

Greening unveils £50m grant scheme to create more childcare places

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

Truss failed to meet major providers during childcare consultation

Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce

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