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Ofsted confirms tougher inspections for nurseries and pre-schools

Friday, August 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Nurseries that are not judged to be good by Ofsted will have two years to improve or face an inadequate grading, the education watchdog has announced.

Peer-to-peer support boosts early years services

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

| CYP Now

A government-funded early years support programme has helped practitioners improve services for children and families, according to research.

Pacey seeks rethink on 'school readiness' definition

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare workers have spoken out against an increasing "schoolification" of early years settings.

DfE to assess early years funding disparities

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Monday, July 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is planning to review early years funding to ensure money is fairly distributed between local areas.

Ofsted inspections threaten two-year-old offer, warns expert

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted's "heavy handed" inspections framework puts free childcare for two-year-olds at risk because it is downgrading too many settings, an expert has warned.

Empathy scheme extends to early years

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

A scheme that brings babies into primary schools to improve pupils' behaviour is to be extended to early years settings.

Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government needs to increase the amount it will offer to parents towards childcare costs because its calculations are out of date, childcare voucher provider Busy Bees Benefits has warned.

Nutbrown joins early years professionals' joy over ratios rejection

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The author of the government's review of childcare qualifications is among early years professionals to express "relief" and "delight" over the decision to drop child-to-staff ratio reforms.

Clegg intervenes to sound death knell for ratios policy

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said the government's proposed changes to childcare ratios were so fundamentally flawed that he felt compelled to intervene to stop them.

Government scraps plans to change child care ratios

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has backed down over its controversial plans to change child-to-staff ratios in early years settings, CYP Now understands.

Free childcare offer could force paying parents to give up work

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents who pay for childcare could be forced to leave their jobs because nurseries are diverting provision towards government-funded free places for disadvantaged two-year-olds, the first national director of Sure Start has warned.

Parents are "surprised and horrified" by ratios proposals

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Many parents of young children are still unaware of government plans to raise early years child-to-staff ratios despite the controversy surrounding the proposals, a nursery owner has warned.

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.

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.

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.

Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years academics have criticised the government's approach to childcare reforms, saying it is drawing on outdated models for inspiration.

4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare provision in six communities across England is to be supported by a system of hubs as part of a government-funded trial.

Truss defends ratio plans in face of cross-party opposition

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has defended its proposals to change the ratio of childcare professionals to children despite demands from all three political parties to drop the plans.

Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Children could miss out on their entitlement to free early years care as local authorities prioritise primary school places to meet a rise in demand, an education union has warned.

Bradford two-year-olds face childcare shortfall

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A shortage of capacity may leave thousands of disadvantaged two-year-olds in Bradford unable to receive free childcare next year.

Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Campaigners fighting plans to reduce staff-to-child ratios in childcare have gained enough backing to trigger an official response from the government.

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".

Half of councils to hold back childcare cash

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Almost half of councils plan to withhold money earmarked for free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds from early years providers, CYP Now has discovered.

Conference tackles lack of men in childcare

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Elizabeth Truss is among those set to join what organisers say is the first event of its kind.

Ratios campaigners urge public to continue opposition

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have called on parents and practitioners to keep voicing their opposition to government plans to revise childcare ratios, despite the end of the consultation on the proposals yesterday.

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Ofsted confirms tougher inspections for nurseries and pre-schools

Peer-to-peer support boosts early years services

Pacey seeks rethink on 'school readiness' definition

DfE to assess early years funding disparities

Ofsted inspections threaten two-year-old offer, warns expert

Empathy scheme extends to early years

Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

Nutbrown joins early years professionals' joy over ratios rejection

Clegg intervenes to sound death knell for ratios policy

Government scraps plans to change child care ratios

Free childcare offer could force paying parents to give up work

Parents are "surprised and horrified" by ratios proposals

Truss failed to meet major providers during childcare consultation

Test ratios in 'real-life nursery', urges NDNA chief

NDNA and DfE to trial early years ratios

Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics

4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs

Truss defends ratio plans in face of cross-party opposition

Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care

Bradford two-year-olds face childcare shortfall

Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target

Nursery leaders round on Truss criticism

Half of councils to hold back childcare cash

Conference tackles lack of men in childcare

Ratios campaigners urge public to continue opposition

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