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Children's Food Trust announces closure
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- Friday, July 21, 2017 | CYP Now
A charity set up by the government to improve the quality of school meals has announced its closure, four years after its government funding was pulled.
DfE doubles early years apprenticeship bursary
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- Monday, November 25, 2013 | CYP Now
A government bursary scheme designed to encourage more people to become childcare professionals has been doubled to £3,000.
Government 'must improve early language support to drive social mobility'
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- Tuesday, September 26, 2017 | CYP Now
Early language development should be treated as a critical indicator of children's wellbeing on a par with obesity and vaccinations in order to boost social mobility, a report by the Early Intervention Foundation has said.
Childcare costs rise seven times faster than income
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- Friday, October 20, 2017 | CYP Now
Childcare costs have increased up to seven times faster than wages in some areas since 2008, analysis by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed.
Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children
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- Monday, April 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Our expert panel offers advice on tackling depression, monitoring performance, improving story time and protecting children from CSE.
Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage
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- Friday, July 24, 2015 | CYP Now
Low rates of pay could trigger a future shortage of nursery staff and undermine the government's expansion of free childcare provision, researchers have warned.
Ask the Experts: Address parents' school concerns
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- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
Our panel offers advice on improving a struggling academy, career crisis, advice on "legal highs" and ensuring a healthy diet in nursery
Gyimah visits France for ideas on free childcare expansion
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- Tuesday, September 29, 2015 | CYP Now
Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has visited France for inspiration on how to improve childcare provision ahead of plans to expand free childcare for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week.
Concerns over school childcare provision plans
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- Wednesday, October 7, 2015 | CYP Now
Government plans to expand childcare provision in schools could lead to a drop in quality, the sector has warned.
University nursery uses latest tech to hit net zero by 2030
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Best Practice
- Wednesday, December 22, 2021 | CYP Now
An ambitious project combining sustainable energy, digital technology and nature will create the first nursery and forest school targeting net zero at Staffordshire University.
Less than half of nurseries to offer 30-hour free childcare
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- Wednesday, February 17, 2016 | CYP Now
Less than half of nurseries say they plan to offer 30 hours of free childcare each week for three- and four-year-olds under government plans to expand provision, a study has found.
Union's petition demands children's centres consultation
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- Wednesday, July 6, 2016 | CYP Now
A union has started a petition calling on government to launch a consultation into the future of children's centres that was supposed to get under way in autumn 2015.
Good Practice: How a dissatisfied mum set up acclaimed nursery
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Best Practice
- Friday, May 13, 2011 | CYP Now
A belief that she could could a better job than her local nursery led to Andrea Townsley establishing her own chain
Daily roundup: Childcare ratios, sex education and videogames
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- Friday, April 12, 2013 | CYP Now
A childminder scolds the childcare minister, youth leaders raise concerns over sex education and game companies face probe over pressurising children, all in the news today.
Ofsted inspections threaten two-year-old offer, warns expert
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- Thursday, June 20, 2013 | CYP Now
Ofsted's "heavy handed" inspections framework puts free childcare for two-year-olds at risk because it is downgrading too many settings, an expert has warned.
How early years can learn from the Little Stars child abuse case
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- Saturday, March 9, 2013 | CYP Now
In the wake of the Little Stars Nursery child abuse case, early years professionals give their recommendations and views on what action settings should take to prevent such horrific incidents in the future.
Half of councils to hold back childcare cash
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- Wednesday, April 3, 2013 | CYP Now
Almost half of councils plan to withhold money earmarked for free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds from early years providers, CYP Now has discovered.
'Parents to face additional charges' for 30 hours childcare
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- Thursday, August 31, 2017 | CYP Now
Half of early years providers plan to increase or introduce extra charges to parents to recoup the cost of offering the government's 30 hours of free childcare policy, it has been claimed.
Nursery staff 'require pay cut' for 30 hours childcare to be sustainable
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- Monday, September 4, 2017 | CYP Now
For government's new 30-hour free childcare initiative to be sustainable, nurseries would have to pay their staff below the minimum wage to break even, a think-tank has claimed.
Study finds 30-hour childcare initiative 'harmful for social mobility'
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- Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | CYP Now
The government's 30-hour free childcare initiative will widen the social mobility gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, a think-tank has claimed.
Daily roundup: Children playing sport, Labour moots return of EMA, and North-East young people have it the hardest
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- Monday, October 28, 2013 | CYP Now
Concerns over children playing sport too early; Labour hints at reintroduction of student support; and the North East judged the worst place to be young in the UK, all in the news today.
Free childcare helps reduce depression risk, finds research
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- Tuesday, December 10, 2013 | CYP Now
The provision of government-funded childcare enables single mothers to achieve a positive work-life balance, which in turn reduces the risk of depression, according to new research.
£755m to fund free childcare expansion
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- Wednesday, December 18, 2013 | CYP Now
Local authorities will receive £755m to deliver free childcare places for disadvantaged two-year-olds from next September, the government has announced.
Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert
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- Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | CYP Now
A scheme providing free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds should be delivered by children's centres, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has said.
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