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Nursery provider offers staff birthdays off and pay rises amid workforce crisis

Thursday, March 31, 2022

| CYP Now

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has unveiled a package of salary rises and perks for its staff to improve recruitment and retention.

Children’s minister to consider childcare regulation changes

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

| CYP Now

Children’s minister Will Quince will “look into” the regulation of childcare settings in England compared with processes used abroad, he has said.

SEND review: Sector 'cautiously welcomes’ plans to fix special needs support system

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have “cautiously welcomed” a raft of measures to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) set out in the government’s long-awaited SEND review.

Families face childcare barriers as councils report lack of sufficiency

Analysis

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Report from Coram Family and Childcare reveals a fall in the availability of funded childcare places, with the problem particularly acute in disadvantaged areas and for children with special educational needs.

Interview: Helen Hayes MP, shadow children and early years minister

Features

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Fiona Simpson grills the shadow children and early years minister on Labour’s plans.

Key measures proposed in SEND and alternative provision green paper

News

Monday, March 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Legal requirements for councils around inclusion and the creation of national standards focussed on support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are among a raft of proposals laid out in the government’s SEND green paper.

Millions of pounds of early years funding left unspent by councils, investigation reveals

News

Monday, March 28, 2022

| CYP Now

At least £55m of early years funding was either left unspent or used to offset deficits elsewhere by local authorities in England, a report by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has found.

‘Frustrating’ spring statement fails to support vulnerable families, sector leaders say

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Announcements made in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s spring statement do “relatively little” to support disadvantaged families facing soaring living costs, organisations supporting vulnerable children have said.

Councils report sharp fall in childcare availability

News

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

| CYP Now

“Ongoing uncertainty and disruption” in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic means childcare availability “has fallen sharply” over the last 12 months, new research shows.

Disadvantaged parents spending a third of income on childcare

News

Thursday, March 17, 2022

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged parents are spending a third of their income on childcare costs as a result of government failure to properly fund the sector, providers have said.

Half of children not ‘school ready’, say teachers

News

Monday, March 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Half of all children are not ready to start school and need extra support from classroom staff that results in less time for other pupils, a survey has found.

Fury over government refusal to launch childcare funding review

News

Monday, March 7, 2022

| CYP Now

MPs and early years organisations have expressed their “disappointment” over the government’s dismissal of calls for an independent review into childcare funding and affordability.

Understanding the impact of early years funding shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

The early years sector has acted as a lifeline for families over the last two years. Yet while it has played such an essential role during the pandemic, it has often been taken for granted.

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| CYP Now

The pandemic is “not yet over” for early years settings, leaders have warned, following the removal of Covid-19 restrictions in England.

Department for Education announces major restructure

News

Thursday, February 17, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans outlining a reorganisation of the Department for Education from 1 April have been published.

Family hubs a ‘pale imitation’ of Sure Start Centres, Labour says

News

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

| CYP Now

Labour’s shadow minister for children and early years has branded plans for family hubs across the UK as a “pale imitation” of Sure Start centres.

Early years leaders back MMR campaign

News

Thursday, February 3, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years leaders are supporting a campaign to warn parents about the severe health risks of not vaccinating their children against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

News

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

News

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to increase opportunities for young people published in the government’s Levelling Up white paper do not go far enough to support the most disadvantaged children, sector leaders have said.

Tackling free childcare decline

Analysis

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Councils are honing ways to reverse fall in the number of two-year-olds using the funded entitlement.

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