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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Ageing society has implications for entire children's workforce

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

We're all getting older. But what has an ageing society got to do with the children's and young people's sector?

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

News

Thursday, February 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is in talks with the Department for Education over plans to overhaul the way children's centres are inspected.

Schools to link up with nurseries to boost standards

News

Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 60 teaching schools across the country will partner up with local nurseries in an effort to improve the quality of early years education for young children.

Labour's childcare pledge to cost £1.6bn, claims Gyimah

News

Thursday, January 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour's plans to increase free childcare would cost double the amount cited by the party, childcare minister Sam Gyimah has claimed.

Nursery survey reveals 'chronic' underfunding

News

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Nurseries are struggling to deal with a "chronic" underfunding of the government's flagship childcare scheme, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned.

DfE names councils to trial early years pupil premium

News

Thursday, January 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Seven local authorities are to test new arrangements for providing additional support to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds in early education.

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

News

Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's plan to rely on school-based nurseries to deliver more free childcare places for two-year-olds has been described as "nonsensical", after latest figures reveal less than one in 10 of such settings are providing the free entitlement.

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Other

Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Runaways, court petition and free school meals

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

MPs warn of exploitation risk for runaway children at railway stations; NSPCC chief hands government child abuse court petition; and Deputy Prime Minister gets free school meals grilling by nine-year-old, all in the news today.

Lib Dems pledge free childcare for all two-year-olds

News

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to provide free childcare for all two-year-olds if they win next year's general election.

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

News

Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children in London could miss out on up to £1.1m of funding unless the £300 early years pupil premium is amended to reflect the capital's higher living costs, councils have warned.

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

News

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats are calling for the new early years pupil premium to be more than tripled in the next parliament.

Ofsted scraps '30-day' complaint-driven inspections

News

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has scrapped its complaint-driven inspections of early years settings in relation to low-level complaints following a trial.

Former government adviser issues early years pupil premium warning

News

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The £300 early years pupil premium (EYPP) will fail to incentivise the best settings to reach out to disadvantaged children unless it is increased, a former government adviser has warned.

Government U-turn on early years qualification entry requirements

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has backtracked on plans to require applicants to have at least a GCSE grade C in English and maths before they can begin an early years apprenticeship.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

News

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of local authorities will be unable to provide all disadvantaged two-year-olds with access to free childcare when the government's flagship scheme expands next month, CYP Now can reveal.

Morgan reveals council powers to tackle extremism in childcare

News

Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are to be given powers to stop funding for early years providers with links to extremism, the Education Secretary has announced.

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

News

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Entry standards for the new early years apprenticeship will require applicants to hold English and maths GCSE grades A* to C despite concerns from childcare leaders that it raises the bar too high, the sector's skills body has confirmed.

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

News

Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is looking at plans to merge its early years, schools and further education inspections under a single framework.

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

Other

Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Data reveals increase in care applications; police chief urges leniency for school term-time leave requests from officers; and president of children's services directors criticised for social worker comments, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Disabled children, school dinners and free schools

Other

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Parliamentary inquiry finds failings in childcare system; primary schools struggle to prepare for free school meals plan; and study highlights geographical spread of free schools, all in the news today.

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

News

Thursday, July 3, 2014

| CYP Now

School-based nurseries and reception classes will receive separate inspection ratings from September, the head of Ofsted has confirmed.

Daily roundup: Ofsted inspections, child obesity and children's centres

Other

Thursday, June 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted report reveals latest inspection judgments of early years settings; a government adviser warns of the dangers of sugary drinks on children's health; and children's centres in Warrington face closure, all in the news today.

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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Ageing society has implications for entire children's workforce

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

Schools to link up with nurseries to boost standards

Labour's childcare pledge to cost £1.6bn, claims Gyimah

Nursery survey reveals 'chronic' underfunding

DfE names councils to trial early years pupil premium

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Daily roundup: Runaways, court petition and free school meals

Lib Dems pledge free childcare for all two-year-olds

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

Ofsted scraps '30-day' complaint-driven inspections

Former government adviser issues early years pupil premium warning

Government U-turn on early years qualification entry requirements

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

Morgan reveals council powers to tackle extremism in childcare

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

Daily roundup: Disabled children, school dinners and free schools

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

Daily roundup: Ofsted inspections, child obesity and children's centres

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