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Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

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.

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.

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.

Schools set for separate early years rating

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has launched a consultation on plans to introduce a separate rating covering early years care in schools.

Trust calls for end to high childcare costs

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

A radical overhaul of the childcare system is needed if more parents are going to be able to afford to access early years support, a new report says.

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

A scheme providing free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds should be delivered by children's centres, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has said.

IPPR calls for 'economy-boosting' universal childcare offer

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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.

£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.

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.

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.

Huge rise in complaint-driven nursery inspections

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of early years providers inspected as a result of a complaint made to Ofsted increased six-fold in less than a year.

Experts warn against witch hunt of male childcarers

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare experts have urged early years practitioners to not focus on gender when learning lessons from the Little Stars Nursery child abuse case.

Children's centre to sue local authority

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

| CYP Now

A children's centre has confirmed it will take legal action against Blackburn with Darwen Council for providing inadequate funding.

Concern mounts over Ofsted early years downgradings

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Growing concerns about the number of nurseries being downgraded by Ofsted has provoked a fight back from early years organisations.

Hundreds back Barnardo's campaign against government childcare plans

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 800 people have signed a Barnardo's petition calling on the government to redirect funding for its new childcare subsidy scheme towards disadvantaged children.

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Bradford Council is offering training grants to local people interested in childcare to help meet a shortage of early years places for two-year-olds.

Tax-free childcare plans ‘will benefit low-income families'

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to significantly reduce childcare costs could have a major benefit for low-income parents, a think-tank has said.

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Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

Poor nursery provision fails disadvantaged children, report warns

Dozens of nurseries opt out of EYFS

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

Schools set for separate early years rating

Trust calls for end to high childcare costs

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

IPPR calls for 'economy-boosting' universal childcare offer

Ofsted abandons complaint-driven inspections

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

£755m to fund free childcare expansion

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

Outcomes focus for new Ofsted early years framework

Huge rise in complaint-driven nursery inspections

Experts warn against witch hunt of male childcarers

Children's centre to sue local authority

Concern mounts over Ofsted early years downgradings

Hundreds back Barnardo's campaign against government childcare plans

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

Tax-free childcare plans ‘will benefit low-income families'

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