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Consultation on funding formula for childcare expansion launches

Friday, July 21, 2023

| CYP Now

The government has launched a public consultation on the planned funding formula for the expansion of hourly childcare entitlements set to be introduced from April next year.

Lack of holiday childcare for disabled children worsening, research warns

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

| CYP Now

The proportion of councils with enough childcare in their area to meet the needs of children with disabilities during the school summer holidays is falling, a survey has found.

Address eligibility criteria to offer world-leading early years support, research finds

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

| CYP Now

England could be among the world’s leading systems for access to early years if disparities around eligibility for children from the poorest families are addressed, according to new research from the Sutton Trust.

Maths training for early years staff can cut attainment gap, research suggests

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Training early years practitioners in maths skills could reduce the attainment gap among disadvantaged young children and their peers, evaluation of a teaching programme suggests.

Newborn tests ‘not fit for purpose’ for minority ethnic babies

News

Thursday, July 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Newborn medical tests, including an assessment developed more than 70 years ago, are “not fit for purpose” to deal with the health needs of black, Asian and minority ethnic babies, research has found.

Guarantee equal access to early years services, Prime Minister told

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

| CYP Now

More than 80 charities, early years experts and celebrities are urging the government to commit to a national baby and toddler guarantee to ensure equal access to early childhood services, in an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Two-year-old funding rate to rise by a third from September

News

Friday, July 7, 2023

| CYP Now

The government is to increase by a third the rate it pays early years providers to deliver two-year-old places as it prepares to expand the funded childcare offer next year.

Early years capacity warning ahead of free hours expansion

News

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils are warning that an escalation of nursery closures linked to the cost-of-living crisis “will undermine capacity” ahead of government plans to extend free childcare.

Healthy Start benefit fails to cover formula costs as prices rise

News

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The Healthy Start allowance fails to cover the cost of any available first infant formula milk as prices continue to rise, new research from the Food Foundation reveals.

One in five baby and toddler groups face closure amid cost-of-living fears

News

Thursday, June 29, 2023

| CYP Now

One in five baby and toddler groups warn they could be forced to permanently close within the next year due to the cost-of-living crisis, a survey has found.

Deprived areas worst hit by 50 per cent rise in nursery closures, research finds

News

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Nursery closure rates have increased by 50 per cent since last year with deprived areas being worst hit, new research from the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has found.

Use EYFS review to rethink staffing

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Providers can benefit from proposed Early Years Foundation Stage Framework changes, says expert.

The young and old learning together

Features

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Chester-based Nursery in Belong is one of a handful of UK early years settings pioneering an intergenerational approach to learning. Nicole Weinstein spoke to staff, children and older people.

Children’s sector leaders recognised in King’s first birthday honours

News

Monday, June 19, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s social care, youth work and early years leaders are among those recognised in King Charles III’s first birthday honours list.

Early years policy blighted by 'ignorant and disrespectful narrative', warns alliance chief

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Government policy to relax early years staffing ratios and boost free hours for families is part of an “ignorant and disrespectful narrative” that sees professionals in the sector as “formal baby sitters”, according to Early Years Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch.

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