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Inspections Clinic: Early education and childcare

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Ofsted's latest annual report sets out the major challenges facing the early years and childcare sector, with the recruitment and retention of quality staff among the chief concerns, reports Jo Stephenson.

Disadvantaged children more likely to be absent from early education, research finds

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to be absent from early years education settings than their peers, with as many as 45 million hours of learning being missed by this cohort, research finds.

Council votes to allow primary school to accept two-year-olds

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

| CYP Now

A local authority has voted in favour of a primary school taking on pupils from aged two following on-site nursery closures.

Young children missing vital reviews due to health visitor shortage

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

| CYP Now

Health visitors report that one in five children are missing out on vital health reviews, as England faces an estimated shortfall of 5,000 practitioners.

Plans for schools to accept two-year-olds after nursery closures

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Monday, January 16, 2023

| CYP Now

Two primary schools in Cheshire are set to take on children from aged two to mitigate the sudden closures of their on-site nurseries.

Early years leaders warn of closures after government scales back energy bills scheme

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

| CYP Now

Early years sector leaders have warned that the number of nurseries forced to close due to the cost-of-living crisis will escalate after ministers announced a significant scaling back of support to pay rising energy bills.

Sunak’s New Year speech slammed over 'missing key priorities' for children

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Friday, January 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Social work and early years leaders have criticised the Prime Minister’s New Year speech, saying he failed to address several key priorities for children and young people.

What Makes a Family: Children's book aims to promote diversity education

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Friday, January 6, 2023

| CYP Now

C-Jay Quigley, queer activist, who works with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), discusses her self-published children’s book ‘What Makes a Family’, and the importance of encouraging inclusive attitudes among children from a young age.

London Mayor urged to encourage young men into childcare roles

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been called on to launch a recruitment drive to encourage more young men to work in the early years sector.

Holiday play schemes can improve the development of children with limited English, LGA finds

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

“Significant developmental value” for children with limited English language skills can be gained through their attendance of play-based holiday provision, research by the Local Government Association (LGA) suggests.

Latest guidance on strep A, scarlet fever and flu in schools and nurseries

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued back to school guidance for professionals working with children amid high circulation rates of winter illnesses.

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) are among sector leaders to be recognised in King Charles III first New Year's Honours list.

Intergenerational co-located care, Japan

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now has teamed up with the Churchill Fellowship to publish a series of articles summarising key findings from studies undertaken worldwide by Churchill Fellows (see below). This is an abridged version of "Intergenerational Co-located Child and Eldercare: Tackling disadvantage through an assets-based approach to eldercare and childcare services" by Jacqueline Cassidy.

Inspections Clinic: Early education – key questions

Features

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published the first in a series of research reports on early years education. Lee Owston, deputy director for cross remit education, discusses the findings and what they mean in practice.

Sector concerns over reports Rishi Sunak will postpone childcare reforms

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Early years experts are urging the Prime Minister to deliver “urgently needed” childcare reforms, following reports that Rishi Sunak will shelve plans to overhaul the childcare system.

Father of deaf children calls for increased access to specialist therapy programme

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

| CYP Now

A father of two young deaf children met with MP Victoria Prentis to push for “life-changing” auditory verbal therapy to be made widely available to deaf children across the UK.

Children’s commissioner calls for greater distribution of family hubs

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Increased numbers of family hubs and improvements to the government’s Start for Life scheme are among calls made by the children’s commissioner for England to improve family life for children.

Early years funding uplift branded ‘insufficient’

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Friday, December 16, 2022

| CYP Now

A Department for Education funding increase for childcare places has been branded “insufficient” by early years leaders who say it will amount to “just pennies in practice”.

Health visitor shortage 'poses risk' to children with SEND, Ofsted director says

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Friday, December 16, 2022

| CYP Now

A shortage of health visitors poses a risk to vulnerable children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and victims of domestic violence, who would benefit from early intervention or support, warned Ofsted's director for social care.

MPs to investigate childcare costs

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

| CYP Now

The House of Commons education committee has launched an inquiry to investigate why early years education and childcare “has become too expensive for a growing proportion of young families”.

Early years registrations at six-year low, Ofsted reports

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

| CYP Now

This year has seen the largest annual decrease in the number of childcare providers registered with Ofsted since 2015/16, the inspectorate's annual report finds.

Strep A: Guidance for early years providers amid rise in infections

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have issued guidance for professionals, parents and carers after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned of an increase in Strep A infections affecting children across the country.

Universal free childcare could boost UK economy by £13bn per year, says report

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Providing free childcare for all families until the end of primary school could boost the UK economy by £13bn per year, according to a new report.

Nursery group secures funding to double free childcare hours for vulnerable children

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Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

A social enterprise nursery group based in London has secured funding for the disadvantaged children in its care to receive an additional 15 hours of funded childcare each week.