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Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

Providers call for greater government support as funded childcare expansion rolls out

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have called for “urgent” support from government as the first phase of its funded childcare expansion rolls out.

Interview: Brett Wigdortz, founder and chief executive of childminder agency Tiney

Interviews

Monday, April 1, 2024

| CYP Now

The founder and chief executive of childminder agency Tiney speaks to Derren Hayes.

Farm setting boosts children’s resilience

Features

Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Award-winning childminding setting provides thrill-seeking outdoor adventures to foster children’s emotional resilience and improve their wellbeing.

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

News

Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

A tool to help health visitors interpret babies' behaviour should be rolled out nationally following “overwhelmingly positive” results from a trial of its use funded by the Princess of Wales’ charity the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

Majority of councils lack sufficient SEND childcare provision, survey finds

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Just 6% of councils now say they have sufficient childcare provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), a major new report finds.

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

News

Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Monthly funding payments to childminders by local authorities and greater flexibility for childminder agencies are among proposals included in a government consultation to improve recruitment and retention in the profession.

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Programmes within schools and nurseries should be at the forefront of a government plan to tackle childhood poverty, a think-tank led by the former Children’s Commissioner for England has told ministers.

Tougher regulation needed to tackle ‘excess profiteering’ in early years, says charity

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Regulation of private early years providers needs to be strengthened to tackle “excess profiteering” and improve quality, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

Advice for early years staff on supporting children with parents in prison

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

A new resource for early years providers has been produced to help staff support children with a parent or close relative in prison.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Budget fails to address local authority funding crisis, sector leaders warn

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Jeremy Hunt’s latest budget does nothing to address a funding crisis facing local authorities, sector leaders have said.

Childcare staff bonus concerns

Analysis

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Although £1,000 incentive payment is welcomed some say it won’t tackle sector’s retention problems.

Nurseries question ability to deliver on funded childcare expansion

News

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of nurseries across the country are unsure of their ability to offer additional places to two-year-olds in line with the government's planned expansion of funded childcare hours, new research has shown.

Expanded childcare offer underfunded by £5bn, researchers warn

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Monday, February 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The gap between the government’s £4.3 billion investment in the expansion of funded childcare and the cost of delivering the hours for providers could lead to a £5 billion shortfall, a think tank has warned.

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