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Children’s charities on issues the next government must prioritise

Monday, July 1, 2024

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Improved special educational needs support, expansion of social prescribing to boost youth mental health and investment in health visiting services are key policy asks sought by children’s charities, finds Amrit Virdi.

Inside a family hub

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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Haringey’s first family hub has been open for just over a year. Nicole Weinstein visited the setting to find out how it works and the difference it makes to local children, young people and families.

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real-terms increase of 11%, according to government data.

Baby deaths reveal culture of poor practice

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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High-profile deaths of two babies in preventable incidents in nurseries have raised wider issues over safeguarding procedures.

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029.

The hits and misses of a ‘patchy’ parliament for children’s services

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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The past five years saw a pandemic, Brexit fallout, the cost-of-living crisis and regular political upheaval. For children’s services, there was progress and missed opportunities. Experts pick the key developments.

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

Thursday, June 20, 2024

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The next government needs to develop a national dataset encompassing education, health and social care details for all children, according to recommendations made ahead of July’s general election by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Labour and Conservative childcare pledges will hit ‘poor urban areas’ hardest, think-tank warns

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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Disadvantaged urban areas are set to be hardest hit by a surge in demand for childcare places under early years plans published in both the Conservative and Labour parties’ manifestos, a think-tank is warning.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Friday, June 14, 2024

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The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Thursday, June 13, 2024

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Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for early years

Thursday, June 13, 2024

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Access to funded childcare hours has been a key battleground for the three main parties in the lead up to the election.

‘At least' £70mn of early years funding being left unspent by councils

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

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An investigation of early years entitlement funding has found at least £70 million is not being spent by local authorities.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Monday, June 10, 2024

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The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Labour pledges 3,300 new nurseries in existing primary schools

Monday, June 10, 2024

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The Labour Party has pledged to create more than 100,000 new nursery places, many of them in deprived areas, by using empty spaces in primary schools.

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

Friday, June 7, 2024

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Local authorities face a £6.2 billion funding gap over the next two years due in part to rising pressures on children’s services, new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.

Charity helps boost speech and language skills

Saturday, June 1, 2024

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Initiative successfully trains early years practitioners to deliver speech and language interventions to help reduce the need for specialist support.

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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The death of a nine-month-old boy who died after choking on food at nursery has been ruled as “misadventure” following an inquest.

Stockport deputy nursery manager jailed over death of nine-month-old

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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The deputy manager of a Stockport nursery, found guilty of the manslaughter of a nine-month-old baby, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Early years business investment could boost economy, royal report finds

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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Investment by the private sector in the early years could add “at least £45.5bn in value” to the UK economy each year, according to research published by the Prince and Princess of Wales’s charity.

Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter

Monday, May 20, 2024

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A Stockport nursery worker has been convicted of manslaughter over the death of a nine-month-old baby who was left strapped face-down to a beanbag for 90 minutes.

Providers fear 'lack of nursery places' as funded childcare expansion applications open for nine-month-olds

Monday, May 13, 2024

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Sector leaders have raised concerns over a lack of “suitable” nursery places as the Department for Education opens applications for funded childcare hours to parents of children as young as nine months.

‘Fundamental concerns’ emerge over early years training changes

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

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A training provider has raised “fundamental concerns” over changes being proposed by the government around the career progression of early years staff.

Lack of long-term funding could see Start for Life services cut, council leaders warn

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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Local authority leaders have raised concerns that government-funded services for young children and families could be cut due to a lack of long-term funding for the Start for Life scheme.

Fresh start for childminding

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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Childminders provide essential childcare for many families, but numbers continue to fall. How can services successfully recruit and support more childminders and help reverse the decline?

Early SEND support needs going unmet

Monday, April 29, 2024

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A shortage of special needs support in the early years is increasing pressure on childcare providers and schools, new reports reveal.

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