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Scotland: School club bans kids with the 'wrong surname' leaving parents without childcare
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Scotland
Childcare
May 6, 2022
Early years leaders criticise ‘ludicrous’ plans to reduce child ratios
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Apr 27, 2022
PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'
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Apr 27, 2022
Government to look at ways to reduce childcare costs
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Apr 26, 2022
Parents fighting councils over nursery closures say it’s time for a national childcare protest
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Apr 25, 2022
Zahawi sets out expectations for councils supporting Ukrainian children
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Apr 4, 2022
Labour: Average nursery place cost soars by nearly £1,500 in five years
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Apr 4, 2022
Boris Johnson set to launch radical shake-up of childcare rules to help ease cost of living crisis
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Mar 29, 2022
Parents struggle to afford childcare, while ‘skyrocketing costs’ force providers to increase fees
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Mar 28, 2022
Parents choosing between paying for food and childcare as providers forced to raise fees
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Mar 25, 2022
Spiralling childcare forcing parents to quit work because they're spending more than a third of their pay on fees
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Disadvantaged
Mar 25, 2022
New poll shows working parents spend ‘huge proportion’ of pay on childcare
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Mar 17, 2022
Disadvantaged parents spending a third of income of childcare
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Mar 17, 2022
Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey
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Mar 17, 2022
Preschool kids' parents are spending a third of all their wages on childcare
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Mar 17, 2022
Childcare costs placing huge pressure on family budgets - TUC
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Mar 17, 2022
Nursery operators continue to grow within 'competitive' childcare market
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Nurseries
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Mar 9, 2022
Scotland leads UK on lower costs for raising children
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Scotland
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Mar 9, 2022
The Old Station buys Townsend Nurseries
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Mar 4, 2022
Childcare: significant events to notify Ofsted about
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Childcare
Mar 3, 2022
Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows
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Covid recovery
Mar 1, 2022
Parents want more flexibility in early years care, new study finds
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Feb 28, 2022
Childcare market report - 'swift' recovery in 2021 led to 'exceptional' year for acquisitions
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Jan 24, 2022
Childcare costs put mothers in a bind, but free daycare may not be the best way out of it
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Jan 19, 2022
Kids Planet grows to 95 nurseries
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Jan 6, 2022
Thrive Childcare and Education adds another setting
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Childcare
Jan 5, 2022
A fair start? The costs of an unfair system
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Inequality
Childcare
Dec 16, 2021
The Irish example: Towards high quality, affordable early childhood education and care
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Ireland
Childcare
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Dec 15, 2021
Sheffield Hallam flexes ‘levelling up’ power in South Yorkshire
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Dec 2, 2021
Report finds number of childminders has plummeted in Scotland
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Scotland
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Nov 25, 2021
Cross-party Lords urge ministers to reverse cuts to early years services
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Nov 19, 2021
A Fair Start? Levelling up should be child’s play
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Oct 28, 2021
Spending Review 2021: £500m earmarked for children and families
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Oct 25, 2021
Early education and childcare system needs ‘radical re-think’ a new report finds
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Oct 22, 2021
Health and wellbeing study urges ministers to invest more in the early years workforce
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Oct 22, 2021
Early education and childcare is a dysfunctional system in need of a radical re-think
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Oct 20, 2021
‘Complex and confusing’ early years system is failing families, researchers warn
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Oct 20, 2021
'Dysfunctional' childcare system in urgent need of reform - report
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Oct 20, 2021
Hackney parents fight to save children's centres from closure
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Oct 18, 2021
Ireland: Call for action as disadvantaged children lose out in national childcare scheme
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Ireland
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Oct 6, 2021
Why the UK childcare system is at breaking point
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Sep 27, 2021
Ofsted's role in regulating childcare: poster for parents
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Ofsted
Childcare
Sep 24, 2021
Social Market Foundation calls for affordable childcare amid declining birth rates
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Sep 20, 2021
Covid in Ireland: Childcare fears leave mothers worried about enforced return to office
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Ireland
Sep 20, 2021
Government does not provide sufficient childcare support, most parents believe
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Sep 16, 2021
High cost of childcare drives families to use food banks
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Sep 15, 2021
NDNA survey finds 95 per cent of nurseries say they are underfunded
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Sep 14, 2021
Minister dismisses parent campaign petition calling for childcare funding review
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Sep 14, 2021
Voice Community comments on childcare affordability survey
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Sep 13, 2021
Complicated, costly and constantly changing: The childcare system in England
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Sep 13, 2021
Most parents think the Government does not provide enough childcare support
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Sep 13, 2021
UK failing on childcare, finds survey of over 20,000 working parents
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Sep 12, 2021
Scotland's childcare policies failing a generation warns Common Weal think tank
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Scotland
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Sep 5, 2021
Early Learning and Childcare sector calls on Scottish Government for clear guidance amid closures and struggles for key workers
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Sep 3, 2021
Childcare costs: London parents call for review (video)
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London
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Sep 1, 2021
More than a quarter of parents with under-fives struggling to balance work and childcare
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Aug 25, 2021
Poorer families struggling to access childcare - survey
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Childcare
Aug 25, 2021
UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees to open 357th setting
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Aug 12, 2021
Prime Minister urged to recognise the ‘sterling work’ of nannies during pandemic
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Aug 11, 2021
Nursery school heads seek 'levelling-up' role as funding crisis worsens
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SEND
Aug 3, 2021
‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving critical workers without childcare
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Nursery closures
Aug 2, 2021
'Pingdemic' forces four in 10 nurseries to close, providers warn
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Aug 2, 2021
Coronavirus: ‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving key workers without childcare
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Aug 2, 2021
Figures show a further fall in children attending early years settings
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Jul 27, 2021
Norovirus on the rise in childcare settings
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Jul 23, 2021
Almost 1/5 of nursery closures in lockdown are in London
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Jul 13, 2021
Parents and educators rally to save nursery schools
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Jul 8, 2021
Busy Bees nursery rated inadequate due to safeguarding concerns
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Jul 5, 2021
Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 March 2021
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Ofsted inspections
Jun 30, 2021
Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childcare provider numbers
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Jun 30, 2021
Call for ‘urgent bailout’ of the early years sector
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Childcare
Jun 30, 2021
Analysis: The fallout from the Alliance investigation stokes calls for funding review
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Jun 29, 2021
Government dismisses childcare funding petition signed by 110,000
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Jun 24, 2021
Reform funding for struggling early years sector, MPs urge
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Jun 23, 2021
Duchess of Cambridge launches early years research centre
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Royal family
Jun 18, 2021
Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report
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Scotland
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Jun 18, 2021
Duchess of Cambridge launches 'landmark' centre for childhood
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Royal family
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Jun 18, 2021
Expanded nursery hours take-up rate in Scotland branded 'terrible' by Lib Dems
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Scotland
Childcare
Jun 16, 2021
Government treatment of early years sector 'unforgivable'
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Jun 16, 2021
Voice Community statement on Early Years Alliance’s FOI figures
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Jun 15, 2021
The Sutton Trust responds to private briefing documents published by the Early Years Alliance
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Early years funding
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Jun 15, 2021
Early Years Alliance on underfunding of sector
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Childcare
Jun 15, 2021
Government 'knowingly underfunded' the early years sector
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Jun 15, 2021
'Tragic' figures show more than 2,500 early years settings have closed
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Coronavirus
Jun 15, 2021
Ministers ‘knowingly underfunding’ childcare sector in England
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Jun 15, 2021
Tory government secretly predicted their own childcare scheme would push up prices
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Jun 15, 2021
Ministers knew parents would face higher childcare costs amid lack of funding
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Jun 15, 2021
Global childcare report reveals market buoyancy
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Early years
Childcare
May 20, 2021
Scottish election 2021: 10,000 two-year olds missing out on free childcare under SNP
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Scotland
Election
Childcare
May 5, 2021
Nursery schools forced to make further cuts as government leaves them in the dark over key funding decisions
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Nursery finances
May 4, 2021
Nursery schools 'pushed to the brink', heads warn
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May 4, 2021
Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis
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May 4, 2021
England’s nursery schools driven towards extinction, says survey
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May 4, 2021
Nine in ten parents believe early years sector is underfunded, MPs’ survey finds
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Apr 27, 2021
Labour launches 'big conversation' on early years
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Early years
Childcare
Apr 23, 2021
Scottish election 2021: Increasing childcare to 50 hours 'will take time', says Scottish Labour
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Scotland
Election
Childcare
Apr 21, 2021
Scottish and Welsh elections: Call for improved funding tops the list for early years and childcare manifestos
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Wales
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Apr 19, 2021
Scotland: SNP manifesto pledges £500m for next stage of the 'childcare revolution'
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Apr 15, 2021
Nursery groups continue to grow, as lockdown eases
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Apr 12, 2021
NEU comment on funding for nursery schools
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Apr 9, 2021
Councils report £62m underspend on funded childcare places
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LEAs
Mar 31, 2021
Care to Learn Guide 2021 to 2022 academic year
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Childcare
Mar 30, 2021
Early years organisations sign up to updated partnership principles for expansion of childcare in Scotland
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Scotland
Childcare
Mar 30, 2021
New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings
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Coronavirus
Early years
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Mar 19, 2021
Survey of childcare and early years providers and coronavirus (COVID-19): wave 3
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Early years
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Survey
Mar 18, 2021
DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders
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Attendance
Mar 18, 2021
Major project on childcare during Covid wants early years managers' views
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Childcare
Mar 16, 2021
Data analysis targets growth in the childcare sector - survey
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Nurseries
Mar 12, 2021
Nursery fees rise in more than a third of local authorities in England in the last year
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Coronavirus
Early years
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Mar 9, 2021
Childcare costs rise above inflation, as providers struggle to remain sustainable
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Mar 9, 2021
Childcare costs increased in a third of local authorities during pandemic, analysis shows
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Mar 9, 2021
Nursery costs have risen 4% since start of Covid despite 'free childcare' promise
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Mar 9, 2021
Childcare costs rise by 4% over the last year as providers struggle to remain sustainable during the pandemic
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Mar 8, 2021
Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years
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Mar 5, 2021
Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries
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Mar 3, 2021
Coronavirus: Early years sector faces predicted losses of a quarter of a billion pounds this term
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Mar 2, 2021
Childcare sector calls for Budget support over £250m funding loss
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Mar 2, 2021
Parent campaigners call for 'new deal for childcare'
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Feb 24, 2021
Coronavirus in Scotland: John Swinney vows to test childcare staff as pupils return to Scottish schools
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Feb 19, 2021
Ireland: Childcare staff wages should be paid for by the state, say 55% of public
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Childcare
Feb 15, 2021
Big drop in attendance adds to sector’s funding concerns
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Feb 2, 2021
Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector'
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Feb 1, 2021
Today’s early years census likely to reduce government spending on childcare significantly
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Jan 21, 2021
Early Education calls for clarity on safety and a funding U-turn
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Jan 20, 2021
Publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections
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Jan 19, 2021
The Guardian view on women and Covid: failed by bosses and ministers
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Jan 17, 2021
Nurseries have 'third fewer children than normal' - survey
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Jan 14, 2021
Furlough refused to 71% of UK working mothers while schools shut - survey
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Jan 13, 2021
Nurseries are on a cliff edge - and we’ve been forgotten
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Jan 13, 2021
Scotland: Government pledges £3.8m to support childcare settings to stay open
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Scotland
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Jan 13, 2021
Nurseries closure: Williamson confirms 'no plan' to keep toddlers home during new lockdown
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Jan 13, 2021
Keep early years safe and funded
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Jan 12, 2021
Labour calls for more help for working parents in England lockdown
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Jan 10, 2021
Local authorities predict permanent closure of childcare settings in January
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Dec 22, 2020
Practitioners are urged to feed into the first draft of Birth to 5 Matters guidance
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Dec 18, 2020
Nurseries could face staffing shortages due to low attendance rates, research warns
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Dec 18, 2020
MPs call for review into impact of Covid-19 on childcare workforce
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Early years workforce
Dec 16, 2020
MPs discuss early years workforce challenges
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Dec 16, 2020
UK nursery market 'slower to recover' from pandemic than other EU countries
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Nurseries
Dec 14, 2020
Free childcare qualifications offered by government as part of Covid-19 recovery
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Dec 9, 2020
Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April
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Dec 9, 2020
Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published
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Dec 8, 2020
Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023
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Dec 7, 2020
Extra £44m funding will cover living wage rise, Minister says in early years debate
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Dec 7, 2020
Free childcare: Needy youngsters may be missing out under landmark SNP scheme
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SNP
Dec 6, 2020
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on the future of nurseries and early years settings
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Dec 1, 2020
Child care in Tier 2: Can grandparents babysit and will schools and nurseries stay open?
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Nov 27, 2020
Early years providers in England to operate across all tiers when lockdown ends
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Nov 24, 2020
Nursery schools need long-term funding resolution to survive, MPs warn Treasury
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Nov 23, 2020
Ofsted: Early years inspections to move to 'six-year window'
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Nov 12, 2020
Real living wage rises to £9.50 an hour – but childcare workers remain trapped in low wage jobs
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Nov 9, 2020
No limit on size of informal 'childcare bubbles' amid second lockdown, DfE confirms
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Nov 5, 2020
Informal childcare guidance unclear on size of childcare bubbles
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Nov 4, 2020
Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers
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Nov 4, 2020
Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) cases by registered early years and childcare settings
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Covid outbreaks
Oct 30, 2020
Survey highlights funding crisis as nurseries and childminders fear closure by Christmas
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Oct 30, 2020
Response to Early Years Alliance report finding that one in six childcare providers could close by Christmas
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Coronavirus
Oct 30, 2020
One in six childcare providers in England may close by Christmas
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Oct 30, 2020
One in six nurseries and childminders could close by Christmas due to Covid
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Oct 30, 2020
Coronavirus: TUC and IPPR call for emergency funding for childcare
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Oct 27, 2020
Government survey reveals half of nurseries and childminders fear closure
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Oct 27, 2020
Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels
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Oct 27, 2020
Survey of childcare and early years providers and COVID-19 (coronavirus)
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Oct 26, 2020
Needs of children and families have been forgotten in crisis response to pandemic, say IPPR and TUC
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Oct 26, 2020
Childcare provision hit by coronavirus cutbacks
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Oct 23, 2020
What does Wales 'firebreak' mean for childcare?
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Wales
Lockdown
Oct 21, 2020
Rise in young people wanting to work in childcare
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Childcare
Oct 20, 2020
Covid in Ireland: crèches feel the pinch from home-working parents
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Ireland
Oct 20, 2020
Early years practitioners urged to have their say, as work begins on “Birth to 5 Matters” EYFS guidance
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Oct 19, 2020
Male nursery teachers like me are in a tiny minority - but we have so much to offer
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Oct 19, 2020
New grant programme could help SME nurseries adapt and diversify
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Oct 14, 2020
Coronavirus: PVI recovery fund a ‘lifeline’ for early years settings
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Oct 13, 2020
Men in childcare: now is a ‘crucial’ time to act
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Oct 9, 2020
Coronavirus: Nursery schools warn survival on a 'cliff edge'
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Oct 9, 2020
Nursery schools face a perfect storm
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Oct 8, 2020
Occupancy in early years settings on the rise, official figures reveal
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Oct 8, 2020
'Exhausting' impact of Covid-19 on families with disabled children
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Oct 5, 2020
‘Radical’ shake up of adult education could boost recruitment to early years sector
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Early years workforce
Oct 2, 2020
Coronavirus: Early Years Alliance survey into impact of pandemic
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Oct 1, 2020
One in six councils underfunding early years providers, EYA investigation shows
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Oct 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Councils ignoring DfE guidance on funding nurseries and childminders at pre-Covid levels
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Sep 30, 2020
Emergency recovery package needed for early years sector, says the Children's Commissioner for England
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Sep 30, 2020
Children’s well-being a focus as many return for first time
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Sep 28, 2020
Quarter of childcare providers at risk of closure due to pandemic, councils warn
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Sep 25, 2020
Latest childcare reports make grim reading
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Sep 25, 2020
Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas
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Sep 25, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and the early years workforce: Staffing decisions in an uncertain environment
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Sep 25, 2020
Half of Scotland’s childminders fear for future without financial support
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Sep 25, 2020
Sutton Trust comment on EPI report on the early years workforce
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Sep 25, 2020
NEU comment on EPI report on Early Years and Covid
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Sep 25, 2020
Coronavirus in Scotland: We won’t survive without support, say childminders
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Sep 25, 2020
Nurseries should be more diverse 'to fight racism in young children'
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Sep 24, 2020
Special educational needs charity offers free membership to support early years settings
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Sep 23, 2020
Childcare sectors in urgent need of funding, warn unions and parents
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Sep 23, 2020
Why Britain’s childcare system is on the brink of collapse
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Sep 22, 2020
Around a third of early years settings remain closed, official figures show
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Sep 17, 2020
Coronavirus tests: Nurseries hit by staff shortage as workers struggle to access testing
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Sep 16, 2020
Around a third of early years settings remain closed
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Sep 16, 2020
Nursery workers struggle to get Covid-19 tests leaves settings with staff shortages
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Sep 15, 2020
Many childcare providers face big financial problems as a result of the pandemic
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Sep 4, 2020
Many childcare providers face big financial problems as a result of the pandemic
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Sep 4, 2020
IFS report highlights childcare and equalities crises
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Sep 4, 2020
Childminders and nurseries that rely on parent fees ‘risk closure after lockdown’
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Sep 4, 2020
Nurseries and childminders that rely on parent fees risk closure after lockdown - study
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Sep 4, 2020
Many childcare providers face big financial problems as a result of the pandemic
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Sep 4, 2020
Working mothers now face huge challenge to secure sufficient childcare
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Sep 3, 2020
Working mothers raise concern over lack of childcare
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Sep 3, 2020
Childcare crisis risks pushing women out of workforce, says TUC
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Sep 3, 2020
Unions warn childcare needs urgent cash boost to help mums get back to work
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Sep 2, 2020
Half of parents not supported to access childcare amid pandemic, survey shows
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Aug 26, 2020
Half of parents say Government has not done enough on childcare access during pandemic
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Aug 26, 2020
Alliance files FOI request amid concerns over childcare funding inconsistencies
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Aug 21, 2020
Coronavirus: Long road to recovery for childcare settings, finds survey
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Aug 19, 2020
Lack of childcare takes a mental toll on working parents
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Aug 13, 2020
Ofsted to visit nurseries and childminders this autumn
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Aug 12, 2020
Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show
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Aug 11, 2020
Early years services should be kept open and funding flexible in future lockdowns, says children's commissioner
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Aug 6, 2020
Ending a pernicious split: how to get beyond childcare as a commodity to education as every child’s right
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Aug 6, 2020
Coronavirus: The childcare 'jigsaw' parents are facing this summer
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Aug 6, 2020
Scotland: Parents are the real unsung heroes of this lockdown
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Jul 31, 2020
Hours worked dropped by 40% in lockdown
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Jul 30, 2020
Childcare funding crisis puts quarter of settings at risk, Labour analysis shows
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Jul 30, 2020
MPs criticise delay in Government response to childcare funding petition
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Jul 30, 2020
Women 'put careers on hold' to home school during UK Covid-19 lockdown
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Jul 30, 2020
Coronavirus: Labour warns of 'perfect storm' for working parents
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Jul 29, 2020
Labour says parents facing a ‘perfect storm’ over childcare in wake of coronavirus pandemic
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Jul 29, 2020
Coronavirus: Labour analysis finds 19,000 childcare providers at risk of closure
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Jul 29, 2020
What have nurseries got to do with student requests for fee refunds?
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Jul 29, 2020
Nurseries that charged full fees in lockdown despite being forced to close may have broken the law
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Jul 28, 2020
Watchdog warns over nurseries charging parents unfair fees
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Jul 28, 2020
Nurseries face court for charging fees during coronavirus lockdown
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Jul 28, 2020
Early years sector faces no action by consumer watchdog
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Jul 28, 2020
Consumer watchdog issues advice to nurseries over lockdown fees
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Jul 28, 2020
Children’s minister defends coronavirus crisis funding for early years
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Jul 28, 2020
Interview - Professor Rachel Holmes, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Jul 28, 2020
One in four parents consider giving up work or reducing hours during lockdown
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Jul 28, 2020
Coronavirus: Mothers blame childcare shortage for redundancies
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Jul 27, 2020
UK working mothers are 'sacrificIal lambs' in coronavirus childcare crisis
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Jul 24, 2020
Nursery groups continue expansion in the wake of coronavirus
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Jul 24, 2020
Only two councils press on with early years policy
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Jul 23, 2020
Women took on bulk of childcare during British lockdown, study finds
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Jul 22, 2020
Coronavirus: Nurseries in Wales face uncertain future
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Jul 22, 2020
September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector
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Jul 21, 2020
Early years funding allocation changes ‘welcome’ but ‘will do little’ to stop closures
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Jul 21, 2020
Lack of summer support as millions of parents are urged back to the office
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Jul 20, 2020
Back-to-office parents need childcare, says Starmer
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Jul 20, 2020
Keir Starmer says parents left in ‘impossible position’ by lack of childcare amid coronavirus back-to-work push
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Jul 20, 2020
Coronavirus: Key workers' childcare 'struggle' after hubs shut
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Jul 20, 2020
Children’s commissioner calls for funded childcare extension to aid pandemic recovery
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Jul 17, 2020
Quality childcare can help level up Britain | Philip Collins
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Jul 16, 2020
Coronavirus: Scotland unveils £11m in childcare grants to help nurseries reopen safely
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Jul 16, 2020
Voice comments on Labour's call for financial support for childcare sector
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Jul 16, 2020
Coronavirus: Labour say parents cannot get back to work without ‘proper plan’ to save nurseries on the brink
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Jul 16, 2020
Labour warns childcare funding crisis could setback economic recovery
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Jul 16, 2020
Labour says targeted financial support for childcare sector is 'essential' for the country's economic recovery
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Jul 15, 2020
Children's services leaders call for extra funding for early years
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Jul 14, 2020
Ofsted adds early years regulation to role of national director for social care
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Jul 13, 2020
Eight reasons why the "reformed" EYFS Statutory Framework is unfit for purpose and two reasons to review the EYFS
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Jul 9, 2020
Lack of demand for childcare key reason nurseries stay closed
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Jul 9, 2020
Sunak's jobs plan must be backed by childcare funding, say MPs
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Jul 9, 2020
#StandUpForEarlyYears: NHS doctor says childcarers are 'unsung heroes'
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Jul 9, 2020
Summer statement: Chancellor ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle child poverty and early years crisis as employment scheme praised
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Jul 8, 2020
Summer statement: Government 'without a plan' for the childcare sector and struggling families
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Jul 8, 2020
The £4bn cost of shut schools: Parents struggle to cope with childcare
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Jul 8, 2020
Coronavirus: Ofsted to visit settings, ahead of a return to education inspection in January 2021
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Jul 6, 2020
Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector
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Jul 6, 2020
Advice on early adoption of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage
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Jul 3, 2020
If Boris Johnson is really interested in ‘levelling up', he should start with nurseries | Polly Toynbee
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Jul 3, 2020
Women's careers will suffer most if UK childcare sector collapses, say experts
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Jul 3, 2020
Sutton Trust report - Getting the balance right: quality and quantity in early education and childcare
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Jul 2, 2020
School and nursery class limits scrapped and childminders can care for more kids in new rules
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Jul 2, 2020
Call for 'urgent' funding for maintained nursery schools
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Jun 30, 2020
Dr Jo Casebourne, Early Intervention Foundation: recovery from Covid-19 will have a knock-on effect for early help services
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Jun 30, 2020
Coronavirus: Nurseries use hi-tech systems to reassure parents sending children to settings is safe
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Jun 30, 2020
EYFS: how we tackled the 5 key Covid-19 challenges
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Jun 30, 2020
Coronavirus: Parents want fewer days in the office but struggle without childcare in pandemic
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Jun 29, 2020
Milton Keynes nursery remains open after Covid-19 outbreak
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Jun 26, 2020
Government must act now to save childcare sector
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Jun 25, 2020
Parents face childcare chaos as pre-school settings may be forced to close
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Jun 25, 2020
Nurseries warn of 'mass closures' as lockdown lifts
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Jun 25, 2020
Parents facing childcare 'chaos' with cash strapped providers going bust
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Jun 25, 2020
Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds
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Jun 25, 2020
Childminder numbers continue to fall in Ofsted pre-lockdown latest figures
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Jun 24, 2020
Wraparound childcare to resume from 4 July
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Jun 23, 2020
Voice Cymru campaigns to overturn childcare decision
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Jun 23, 2020
Voice welcomes plans for schools and childcare in Northern Ireland
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Jun 19, 2020
Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan
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Jun 19, 2020
Nursery group owner's how-to guide for sustainable settings
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Jun 19, 2020
'Extended household groups' could help provide childcare as blended learning row continues
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Jun 18, 2020
Childcare and early years providers survey: 2019
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Jun 18, 2020
Making the early years workforce more sustainable after COVID-19
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Jun 17, 2020
Ensuring fairer access to early years and childcare provision after the COVID-19 lockdown
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Jun 17, 2020
Coronavirus in Ireland: Almost half of parents won’t send children back to nurseries
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Jun 17, 2020
Surge in early years closures before lockdown, Ofsted figures show
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Jun 16, 2020
Nurseries to keep children in 'cohorts' of eight amid social distancing re-opening plans
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Jun 15, 2020
Nursery World launches #StandUpForEarlyYears campaign
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Jun 15, 2020
Around a quarter of early years providers still closed, research suggests
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Jun 15, 2020
Coronavirus: Wales launches further childcare guidance ahead of reopening
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Jun 12, 2020
Employers raise alarm over school closures
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Jun 10, 2020
TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector
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Jun 5, 2020
Childminders and outdoor nurseries in Scotland now able to open to more children
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Jun 3, 2020
DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers
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Jun 3, 2020
Childminder and outdoor nurseries in Scotland welcome children back
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Jun 3, 2020
Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
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Jun 2, 2020
‘One child was drawing the coronavirus’: Nursery leaders on reopening during a pandemic
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Jun 2, 2020
Parents face challenges accessing childcare as lockdown eases
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Jun 2, 2020
Early years settings divided on readiness to reopen for more children
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Jun 2, 2020
The Guardian view on nurseries: a case of neglect
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Jun 1, 2020
Low demand for childcare puts sector's future at risk as lockdown lifts
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Jun 1, 2020
Nursery nurse staff voice concern about safety of reopening to more children
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Jun 1, 2020
Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings
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Jun 1, 2020
Early years and childcare sector at risk of collapse in England
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Jun 1, 2020
Calls for improved COVID-19 support for EY sector
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May 29, 2020
Parents, especially mothers, are paying a heavy price for lockdown
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May 27, 2020
Working mothers interrupted more often than fathers in lockdown – study
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May 27, 2020
Parents, especially mothers, paying heavy price for lockdown
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May 27, 2020
Coronavirus: How childminders are caring for children in their own home
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May 27, 2020
Coronavirus: 'Mums do most childcare and chores in lockdown'
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May 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Bulk of childcare and household chores fall to mothers in lockdown
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May 27, 2020
New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening
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May 26, 2020
Workforce survey: Share your early years story
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May 26, 2020
When will nurseries and pre-schools reopen in the UK?
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May 26, 2020
Preparing for the wider opening of early years and childcare settings from 1 June
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May 24, 2020
Christine Berry: If we need childcare to reopen the UK economy, why is it so undervalued?
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May 23, 2020
Early years settings receiving contradictory Government guidance on PPE
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May 22, 2020
Childminders more likely to stay open than nurseries, survey suggests
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May 22, 2020
Around a third of parents used formal childcare in April
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May 22, 2020
Ireland: Distancing would traumatise children, says Zappone
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May 21, 2020
Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries
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May 19, 2020
England plans to send the wrong children back to school at the wrong time
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May 16, 2020
30 hour childcare key to getting the country back to work, says nursery market report
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May 15, 2020
When will nurseries reopen—and how will they manage social distancing?
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May 13, 2020
Doctors call for more funding for nurseries caring for key worker children
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May 13, 2020
UK furlough scheme: Early years sector welcomes extension
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May 13, 2020
Can childminders and nannies go back to work today and what coronavirus social distancing measures apply?
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May 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Childminders in England told they can return to work following confusion over childcare policy
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May 13, 2020
'Absolute joke': Childminders on being told they can reopen with less than 24 hours' notice
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May 13, 2020
Childminders can care for multiple children from today under new government guidelines
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May 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Some childminders in England can reopen
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May 13, 2020
Can childminders reopen? DfE clears up confusion
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May 12, 2020
DfE confirms that childminders can now open from tomorrow for children from one household
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May 12, 2020
Early years teachers and practitioners working in a time of lockdown: accounts from the frontline
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May 12, 2020
Actions for educational and childcare settings to prepare for wider opening from 1 June 2020
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May 12, 2020
Lockdown has boosted parents' respect for early years staff, says Montessori poll
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May 12, 2020
Is this the future of British nurseries as China’s reopen with safety screens, temperature checks and compulsory masks
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May 11, 2020
Children could start returning to nurseries in England from June 1
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May 11, 2020
When will nurseries and pre-schools reopen in the UK?
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May 11, 2020
Boris Johnson says he is 'sure employers will agree' if staff cannot return to work because of childcare commitments
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May 11, 2020
Early years settings in England to reopen in June in Government's lockdown exit plan
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May 11, 2020
Childminders can return to work this week in England in Government's lockdown exit plan
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May 11, 2020
Childcare providers and schools call for clarity on plans to re-open settings to more children
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May 11, 2020
Coronavirus: Alliance letter highlights gaps in financial support for childcare sector
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May 6, 2020
When will nurseries reopen in the UK?
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May 6, 2020
Eligibility for government childcare offers protected
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May 5, 2020
Parents will not lose 30-hour or Tax-Free Childcare eligibility during Covid-19 outbreak
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May 5, 2020
Childcare sector on 'brink of collapse' as quarter of providers fear closure
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May 5, 2020
Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims
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May 5, 2020
Early years closures would be a disaster for society
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May 5, 2020
One in four childcare providers fear permanent closure amid virus lockdown
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May 5, 2020
One in four childcare providers fear permanent closure amid Covid-19
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May 5, 2020
Coronavirus: ‘The nursery I run may not survive’
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May 5, 2020
Nursery groups continue expansion in coronavirus crisis
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May 4, 2020
Coronavirus: One in five childminders not eligible for Government help
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May 1, 2020
Childcare leaders criticise inclusion of nurseries in consumer watchdog probe
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Apr 30, 2020
UK watchdog to investigate parents' complaints against nurseries over fees
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Apr 30, 2020
Joint sector letter to ministers regarding COVID-19 support
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Apr 29, 2020
Coronavirus: Early years organisations join forces to petition government
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Apr 29, 2020
DfE releases more early years guidance on funding and claiming for furloughed staff
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Apr 29, 2020
Government confirms EYFS relaxations for coronavirus outbreak
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Apr 28, 2020
Childcare providers facing postcode lottery of support
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Apr 24, 2020
UK childcare industry 'crushed' by coronavirus crisis
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Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus testing extended to early years workers and teachers
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Apr 24, 2020
Councils given flexibility with free childcare funding
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Apr 23, 2020
Councils can switch early years funding between settings, new DfE guidance states
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Apr 23, 2020
Coronavirus: Warning that 250,000 childcare places could be lost
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Apr 23, 2020
Childcare sector facing collapse after ministers backtracked on promises to allow nurseries to furlough staff
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Apr 23, 2020
Children's Minister hits back at furlough backtrack claims
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Apr 22, 2020
Nurseries reveal impact of furlough changes
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Apr 22, 2020
Parents fear nurseries will never re-open as thousands of staff can’t be furloughed during lockdown closures
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Apr 22, 2020
Coronavirus: First figures show 65,000 children going to early years settings
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Apr 22, 2020
Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance
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Apr 22, 2020
Labour backs campaign to reverse childcare furlough decision
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Apr 21, 2020
Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
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Apr 21, 2020
Furlough changes 'will cost early years sector £170 million'
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Apr 21, 2020
A major U-turn on early years funding could leave many key workers without childcare
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Apr 20, 2020
Early years sector 'in jeopardy' after government U-turn on furlough funding
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Apr 20, 2020
Thousands sign petition against Government cut to furlough funding for nurseries
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Apr 20, 2020
Nurseries at risk after coronavirus funding U‑turn
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Apr 20, 2020
Shadow early years minister to meet with sector to discuss coronavirus impact
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Apr 17, 2020
Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help
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Apr 15, 2020
Rule change allowing parental pay for childcare under ‘furlough’ scheme is ‘vital recognition’ of its importance, says IPPR
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Apr 14, 2020
Half of nurseries open to children of Covid-19 keyworkers, study finds
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Apr 9, 2020
Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic
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Apr 9, 2020
Around half of nurseries staying open for key worker families
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Apr 9, 2020
Nearly third of nurseries still charging fees despite Covid-19 closures
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Apr 9, 2020
Nursery fee nightmare: Parents with no child care still facing bills for next term
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Apr 7, 2020
How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far
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Apr 7, 2020
Bright Horizons launches website to help key worker parents find local childcare
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Apr 6, 2020
Nursery group opens 24-hour centres for keyworkers in coronavirus crisis
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Apr 6, 2020
Parents forced to leave jobs to look after children during coronavirus lockdown
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Apr 3, 2020
Keeping key workers working: the role of pre-school childcare
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Apr 2, 2020
Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff
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Apr 2, 2020
Coronavirus: Give parents paid leave for looking after children
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Mar 31, 2020
Lack of childcare 'forcing key workers to stay home'
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Mar 30, 2020
Scotland coronavirus: Frontline police struggle to secure childcare
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Mar 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year
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Mar 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed
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Mar 27, 2020
Should I still be paying nursery fees now they've been ordered to shut?
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Mar 26, 2020
Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors
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Mar 26, 2020
Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2019
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Mar 24, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): early years and childcare closures
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Mar 24, 2020
Coronavirus: LEYF opens 25 emergency childcare hubs across London
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Mar 24, 2020
DfE publishes guidance for early years settings on coronavirus
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Mar 24, 2020
Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childminders - but childcare places stable
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Mar 24, 2020
Majority of childcare settings stay open to children of key workers
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Mar 24, 2020
All the latest on the coronavirus crisis and the early years sector
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Mar 24, 2020
Childcare and coronavirus: are childminders and nurseries closed
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Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus: Providers back petition for emergency funding to save parents paying fees
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Mar 20, 2020
Childcare to be provided for key workers affected by school closures
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Mar 19, 2020
Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis
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Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus: Government confirms settings will receive childcare funding if they have to close
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Mar 17, 2020
Early years childcare fees regulations
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Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders call for more support to ensure survival of settings
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Mar 17, 2020
Plans for wage hike to £9.21 for 23-year-olds from next year
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Mar 12, 2020
Coronavirus: Republic of Ireland to close schools and colleges
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Mar 12, 2020
Budget 2020: Nurseries omitted from business rates holiday
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Mar 12, 2020
Coronavirus leads Ireland to shut all schools, colleges and childcare facilities
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Mar 12, 2020
Will doubling preschool hours improve outcomes?
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Mar 12, 2020
Budget: Five key priorities to be addressed
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Mar 11, 2020
Budget: Government ‘failing a generation’ over early years
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Mar 11, 2020
Cost of childcare 'punishing' for working parents
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Mar 10, 2020
Coronavirus: Fears over long-term financial impact on nurseries
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Mar 10, 2020
Brexit 'will deepen early years recruitment crisis'
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Mar 9, 2020
Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition
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Mar 9, 2020
Early years and childcare providers judged inadequate or not complying with requirements at inspection
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Mar 6, 2020
Workforce survey: Early years sector under increasing strain
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Mar 6, 2020
Ofsted consults on complaints process for early years settings
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Mar 4, 2020
Irish childcare group opens first UK nursery
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Mar 4, 2020
Scotland: The nursery system needs an overhaul, not just free hours
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Mar 4, 2020
Audit Scotland: ‘Significant risks’ to nursery expansion remain
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Mar 3, 2020
Scotland: Fears of major delay in flagship childcare expansion scheme
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Mar 3, 2020
Scotland: Thousands of staff needed to hit childcare expansion deadline
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Mar 3, 2020
Sharp rise in childcare costs for families
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Feb 26, 2020
Childcare costs surge at over double the rate of inflation
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Feb 26, 2020
Scottish families face rising childcare costs, with annual bill of almost £5,800
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Feb 26, 2020
London families now face annual childcare bill of £8,600
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Feb 26, 2020
Childcare costs rise above inflation
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Feb 26, 2020
Childcare costs: Parents of children under two pay 5% more
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Feb 26, 2020
Parents face soaring nursery fees to cover costs of free childcare policy
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Feb 26, 2020
Disadvantaged children benefit most from formal childcare, study finds
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Feb 25, 2020
Childbase Partnership ranked Number 1 in top 25 companies to work for list
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Feb 25, 2020
Disadvantaged children benefit most from formal childcare, study finds
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Feb 24, 2020
SEED: mixed findings from latest research following 6,000 two-year-olds into school
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Feb 21, 2020
Study of early education and development (SEED)
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Feb 21, 2020
Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers
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Feb 20, 2020
Innovative software allows families to book childcare by the hour
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Feb 10, 2020
Non-compliance with the Early Years and Childcare Registers
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Feb 7, 2020
Ireland: Childcare workers demand extra funding in ‘new deal’
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Feb 6, 2020
Providing childcare services in England
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Jan 30, 2020
Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'
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Jan 27, 2020
Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market
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Jan 22, 2020
Tops Day Nurseries launches babywearing project
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Jan 22, 2020
'Large drop' in occupancy and increase in insolvencies hits childcare market
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Jan 16, 2020
Councils divert £63.5m of childcare funding to plug gaps elsewhere
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Jan 15, 2020
Funded or free? Take the Nursery World poll on the future of childcare
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Jan 13, 2020
Scottish government to launch childcare ad campaign
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Jan 10, 2020
Ireland: Crèches will be open in January, says Varadkar
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Dec 19, 2019
Ireland: RTÉ undercover footage ‘crucial to crèche prosecution case’
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Dec 18, 2019
Ireland: We won’t be heavy-handed with childminders, Varadkar promises
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Dec 12, 2019
General Election 2019: The Conservatives would cost the sector the most if in power
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Dec 4, 2019
Campaign calling on political parties to increase childcare funding launches
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Nov 27, 2019
Conservatives manifesto: Party pledges £1bn for childcare
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Nov 25, 2019
Election 2019: Conservative manifesto lacks focus on children and young people, sector leaders warn
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Nov 25, 2019
Boris Johnson's childcare policy branded 'uninspiring insult to working parents'
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Nov 25, 2019
UK politicians make a play for votes with childcare pledge
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Nov 20, 2019
Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2019
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Nov 19, 2019
Government fails to meet ICO deadline on childcare funding calculations
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Nov 14, 2019
Childcare provider costs rocket by 20 per cent
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Nov 7, 2019
Childcare and early years providers survey: 2019
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Nov 7, 2019
Dozens of families warned amid abuse claims at Jack and Jill nursery
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Nov 6, 2019
Jack and Jill Torquay: Nursery children 'possible sex assault victims'
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Nov 5, 2019
MPs warned of ‘genuine childcare crisis’ as figures indicate hundreds of nurseries and childminders are closing
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Nov 1, 2019
Funding boost to support childcare and early education
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Oct 31, 2019
Government launches drive to attract T-Level students
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Oct 7, 2019
Scotland lagging behind England in provision of funded childcare and early learning
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Sep 30, 2019
Ireland: 90% of childcare workers ready to leave over pay
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Sep 27, 2019
Voice calls for investment in childcare sector
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Sep 13, 2019
Ireland: Katherine Zappone knew of crèche fears a year before exposé
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Sep 13, 2019
Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey
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Sep 13, 2019
New Shetland MSP becomes Lib Dem education spokeswoman
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Sep 9, 2019
Cost of using nannies ‘pushed up by Brexit’
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Sep 2, 2019
Just Childcare continues rapid expansion
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Aug 16, 2019
Father saves Busy Bees nursery from closure
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Aug 14, 2019
London nursery group sells to investors
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Aug 9, 2019
Childbase opens nursery in China
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Aug 8, 2019
Scottish nurseries face recruitment crisis, ahead of childcare expansion
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Aug 7, 2019
Concern over 'staffing crisis' at private nurseries in Scotland
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Aug 7, 2019
Nursery groups continuing to expand
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Aug 2, 2019
Ireland: Put CCTV in crèches to protect children, senator says after Hyde & Seek controversy
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Aug 1, 2019
Apprenticeships panel appoints Eunice Lumsden following criticism over lack of sector experience
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Jul 31, 2019
Growing group adds fourth nursery
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Jul 26, 2019
Scottish childcare costs rise by quarter despite reforms to ease burden
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Jul 24, 2019
Early years and childcare statistics
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Jul 23, 2019
Tiney app aims to recruit high-flying professionals into childcare
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Jul 22, 2019
Early years childcare fees regulations
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Jul 18, 2019
PACEY launches research into decline of childminding
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Jul 11, 2019
MPs' stark warning to Government over nurseries' sustainability
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Jul 8, 2019
APPG report’s stark warning to Government
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Jul 8, 2019
Families on universal credit falling into debt in school holidays
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Jul 3, 2019
School holidays: 'You're constantly thinking about money'
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Jul 3, 2019
Survey to look at why so few men work in childcare
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Jul 3, 2019
Scotland launches website for parents ahead of childcare expansion
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Jul 3, 2019
Hinds pledges more nursery places for deprived families
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Jul 2, 2019
DfE spends £22m expanding nursery places in primaries
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Jul 2, 2019
'Soaring' holiday childcare costs pushing parents into debt, warns charity
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Jul 2, 2019
Childcare might become 'available only in rich areas'
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Jul 1, 2019
Call for urgent action on funding for two-year-olds childcare offer as take-up drops
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Jun 27, 2019
DfE under more pressure to increase funding as take-up of two-year-old places drops
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Jun 27, 2019
More than nine in ten nursery workers are banned from calling children 'naughty'
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Jun 27, 2019
Nursery group expansion
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Jun 25, 2019
T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses
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Jun 21, 2019
Nursery schools launch national fight for funding
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Jun 21, 2019
UK rated one of the worst countries for family-friendly policies
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Jun 20, 2019
Nursery groups growing through investment and acquisition
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Jun 19, 2019
Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 March 2019
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Jun 18, 2019
UK one of 'least family friendly' countries in Europe
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Jun 13, 2019
Irish crèches get funds for new places and safety measures
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Jun 10, 2019
Nursery group re-brands and doubles in size
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Jun 7, 2019
Rising childcare costs and patchy availability lock London parents out of full-time work
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Jun 5, 2019
Tops Day Nurseries acquires 30th setting
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May 21, 2019
MSP raises concern about the availability of 1,140 hour childcare places
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May 15, 2019
Well trained nursery staff 'key to good care'
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May 8, 2019
ICP Nurseries continues to expand
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May 8, 2019
Nursery destroyed in fire urgently seeks new premises
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May 8, 2019
Care to Learn guide for institutions: academic year 2019 to 2020
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May 7, 2019
Childcare providers urged to join with parents in fight for funding
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May 7, 2019
Thousands back childcare funding petition of couple who can’t afford a baby
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May 6, 2019
All About Children adds four nurseries, as it continues rapid expansion
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Apr 29, 2019
Providers raise caution over petition calling for free childcare for babies
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Apr 26, 2019
Low wages driving childcare workers into retail jobs
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Apr 25, 2019
Funding for nursery schools
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Apr 15, 2019
Experiences of families on universal credit 'dismissed' by government
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Apr 11, 2019
“Dismissive, disrespectful” Government response treats Committee and witnesses “like dirt”
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Apr 11, 2019
MPs demand Government review its 'disrespectful' response to universal credit report
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Apr 11, 2019
Tackling early years disadvantage - the Government's response
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Apr 8, 2019
Five areas to transform maternity and early years services
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Apr 8, 2019
Parents demand nursery footage
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Apr 8, 2019
The long-run impacts of a universal childcare program
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Apr 4, 2019
Busy time for nursery acquisitions as Kids Planet expands reach
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Apr 1, 2019
9 in 10 childcare providers plan fees hike
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Mar 31, 2019
PACEY launches #notababysitter campaign
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Mar 29, 2019
One-eighth of nursery schools in deficit
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Mar 28, 2019
Childcare providers in London less likely to offer the 30 hours
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Mar 28, 2019
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Childminder numbers fall at a rate of eight a day
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Childminder numbers fall by 3 per cent in three months
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Mar 26, 2019
Wildlife filmmaker backs drive to expand outdoor nurseries
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Mar 25, 2019
Nurseries urged to let children play in the great outdoors
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The nursery where there are no toys: Games replaced with cardboard boxes in 'back to basics' trial
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Mar 25, 2019
Childcare and early years providers survey: 2018
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Wales expands childcare training scheme
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Mar 22, 2019
Bristol nursery locks toys away for a month
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Mar 21, 2019
Nurseries warn 1,140 hour funding 'insufficient' to deliver high-quality care
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Mar 20, 2019
Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis
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Mar 18, 2019
Mayor tackles low uptake of funded two-year-old places
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Mar 18, 2019
Spring Statement: Anger over Chancellor's failure to acknowledge funding crisis
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Mar 13, 2019
Ex-nursery manager sentenced for online child sex abuse
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Mar 13, 2019
Maintained nursery schools made their voice heard in Parliament and in Downing Street
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Mar 12, 2019
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Mar 11, 2019
Nursery school heads call for secure funding
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Mar 11, 2019
Nurseries ‘hanging by a thread’ without adequate funding, heads warn
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Mar 11, 2019
Bertram nursery group acquired in management buyout
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Mar 11, 2019
Nursery heads to march on Downing Street over funding
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Mar 11, 2019
Nursery school heads to march on Downing Street
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Mar 11, 2019
Nursery heads demand chancellor ringfences spending in review
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Mar 11, 2019
Scotland's 1,140 childcare scheme at risk if 'flaws' not fixed, warn MSPs
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Mar 7, 2019
Birmingham puts council nurseries out to tender
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Mar 6, 2019
Busy Bees seeks 300 childcare apprentices
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Mar 5, 2019
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Mar 4, 2019
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Mar 1, 2019
Parents lose millions of pounds in the maze of childcare funding
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Feb 28, 2019
Minister announces extension to nursery school supplementary funding
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Feb 28, 2019
Scottish families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
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Feb 28, 2019
Families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
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Feb 28, 2019
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Feb 28, 2019
Nursery schools granted £24m in stop-gap funding
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Feb 28, 2019
This is how much UK parents are paying for nursery each week
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Feb 28, 2019
Childcare costs jump again to hit £127 a week and that's just for part time
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Feb 28, 2019
Childcare costs rise by 3 per cent in a year
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Feb 28, 2019
Nursery workers stripped of Universal Credit worth £100s in huge payments flaw
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Feb 27, 2019
Scottish parents face £2,000 childcare bills as nurseries pull out of council deals
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Feb 24, 2019
Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding
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Feb 22, 2019
Jewish nursery wins appeal over sacking teacher ‘living in sin’
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Just Childcare buys 50th nursery
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Feb 19, 2019
French nursery group La Maison Bleue seals first UK deal
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Feb 19, 2019
Co-op Childcare gains top first aid award
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Feb 19, 2019
Pre-school Learning Alliance rebrands
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Feb 18, 2019
Edinburgh nursery schools at risk of losing their heads and teachers
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Feb 15, 2019
CACHE wins bid to develop childcare T-Level
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Feb 13, 2019
Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care
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Feb 12, 2019
Busy Bees buys first Irish nursery group
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Feb 11, 2019
Working parents grapple with long-hours culture
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Feb 5, 2019
Welsh Government backtracks on plans to make learning English compulsory in Welsh nurseries
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Feb 5, 2019
Visionary founder of the Pre-school Learning Alliance leaves 'an incredible legacy'
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Feb 4, 2019
Warning signs over 30-hour impact on poorer twos
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Jan 25, 2019
Scotland: Childcare charity saved from closure
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Jan 22, 2019
An update on maintained nursery school funding
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Jan 21, 2019
The Big Picture - Montessori’s big year
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Jan 21, 2019
Childcare group fears closure due to Stormont impasse
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Jan 20, 2019
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Jan 17, 2019
Childcare workers forced to benefits after being slapped by 5% pay cut
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Jan 17, 2019
Big divide between rich and poor nurseries
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Jan 16, 2019
Concern grows over fate of Salford council nurseries
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Jan 16, 2019
Childbase opens 43rd nursery
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Jan 14, 2019
Welsh Government plans to end the disparity in childcare funding
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Jan 11, 2019
Rise in SEND children stretches childcare providers' finances
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Jan 10, 2019
Gloucestershire nursery group expands
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Jan 9, 2019
Kidzrus nursery group faces legal challenge to name
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Jan 8, 2019
Nurseries urged to interact with older people to boost children's life chances
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Jan 8, 2019
Scotland: New childcare course aimed at men launched in Highlands
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Jan 7, 2019
What the sector wants in…2019
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Jan 7, 2019
Spotlight on…Angela Brown
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Jan 7, 2019
Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs
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Jan 3, 2019
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Dec 20, 2018
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Dec 20, 2018
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Dec 20, 2018
Awareness of 30-hour offer lower among poorer families, DfE survey finds
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Dec 20, 2018
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Dec 20, 2018
Scotland pledges healthy meals and outdoor play for pre-school children
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Dec 20, 2018
Green shoots of recruitment recovery as nursery vacancies drop
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Dec 19, 2018
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Dec 18, 2018
Scotland: Children attending early learning and childcare sessions to be given free meal
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Dec 18, 2018
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Dec 14, 2018
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Ofsted annual report: Top marks for large groups
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Dec 9, 2018
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Dec 5, 2018
Icelandic group buys first UK nursery
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Dec 5, 2018
Birmingham council nurseries to be handed over to PVI providers
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Dec 5, 2018
Nurseries are stifling children because they fear health and safety laws, experts claim
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Dec 5, 2018
Children’s physical development stifled by ‘undue concerns’ about health and safety in nurseries, Ofsted warns
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Dec 4, 2018
Nurseries stifle children by playing it safe, warns Ofsted
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Dec 4, 2018
Just Childcare adds group of eight nurseries
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Dec 4, 2018
Delay continues over Level 3 standard while new apprenticeship group is set up
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Dec 4, 2018
London nurseries to trial air filtration systems
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Dec 3, 2018
Ireland: Childcare costs ‘like a second mortgage
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Nov 30, 2018
Complaints soar over IT faults at childcare website
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Nov 29, 2018
Majority of struggling parents 'put off work' due to childcare costs
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Nov 29, 2018
Wales launches new food and nutrition guidance for early years settings
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Nov 29, 2018
Childcare in sights of regulator
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Nov 29, 2018
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Nov 27, 2018
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Nov 27, 2018
Nurseries urged to publicise flu vaccine
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Nov 27, 2018
Fall in childcare provision 'puts Scottish Government nursery pledge at risk'
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Nov 27, 2018
Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates
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Nov 27, 2018
Ofsted figures reveal loss of more than 900 providers
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Nov 27, 2018
Children don’t care about the gender of their early years teachers, but it matters
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Nov 27, 2018
Do men in childcare matter? What do the children say?
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Nov 26, 2018
Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable
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Nov 26, 2018
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Nov 26, 2018
Fears that smaller childcare settings are disappearing
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Nov 26, 2018
Ambitious intergenerational co-location project unveiled
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Nov 26, 2018
Local authority childcare funding rates to remain largely unchanged
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Nov 23, 2018
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Nov 21, 2018
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Nov 21, 2018
Ireland: Eleven children went missing from their crèches or minders
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Nov 20, 2018
Scotland: Third of nursery staff fear violent pupils
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Nov 15, 2018
Nurseries '£437m out of pocket' as a result of Budget
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Nov 14, 2018
Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds
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Nov 14, 2018
Call for national early intervention strategy
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Nov 14, 2018
Parents pay the price for 30 hours "free" childcare - as nurseries hike fees to cover it
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Nov 13, 2018
Hampshire play centre to close as 'children too noisy'
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Nov 13, 2018
Childcare schemes cuts 'shameful' say sector experts
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Nov 13, 2018
European nursery chain LPCR buys Head Start group
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Nov 12, 2018
More than half of nurseries put up their fees last year
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Nov 12, 2018
Kids Allowed in pole postion
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Nov 12, 2018
£600m underspend as parents shun Tax-Free Childcare
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Nov 12, 2018
Rise in number of childminders without qualifications
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Nov 12, 2018
Nursery and school staff win legal payout of £4m from council
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Nov 9, 2018
Like it or not: families ban nannies from social media
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Nov 9, 2018
Kids Planet buys nursery number 32
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Nov 7, 2018
Childcare underspend of £600m set to be spent outside early years sector, Labour warns
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Nov 6, 2018
Campaigners 'heartbroken' over decision to close Tower Hamlets nurseries
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Nov 5, 2018
Scotland: Parents fight to end 'crude' postcode lottery over nursery funding
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Nov 5, 2018
Major inquiry into the sustainabilty of the childcare sector launches
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Nov 2, 2018
Nearly 9,000 childcare providers have closed since 2016
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Nov 2, 2018
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Nov 1, 2018
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Oct 30, 2018
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Childminders and childcare providers: Childcare and the law
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Oct 30, 2018
Carey Mulligan calls for on-set childcare in film industry
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Oct 30, 2018
More than two in five childcare settings on less funding than in 2013
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Oct 29, 2018
Early years sector 'systemically underfunded', study finds
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Oct 29, 2018
Early years sector 'systemically underfunded', study finds
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Oct 29, 2018
Settings told to up sticks by landowners
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Oct 29, 2018
Campaigners unite to save day nurseries
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Oct 29, 2018
Wanted: More men to work in Scottish nurseries
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Oct 24, 2018
Local Councils call for extension of nursery school funding
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Oct 24, 2018
Men graduate for the first time from Norland College for nannies
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Oct 24, 2018
Norland nannies welcome first men in 126-year history
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Oct 24, 2018
Nurseries for children with special needs are at risk without funding guarantees | Roy Perry
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Oct 24, 2018
'Grave concerns' about future of council-run nurseries and support for special needs pupils as Tories refuse to guarantee vital funding
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Oct 24, 2018
Scotland's childcare expansion 'about to implode', nurseries warn
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Oct 16, 2018
£1 a minute: the punishing fines parents face if they are late picking up their kids
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Oct 16, 2018
Drop in 30 hours childcare take-up 'expected'
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Oct 16, 2018
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Oct 11, 2018
Ireland: Childcare fees at risk of increase in budget
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Oct 11, 2018
Ireland: Basic income threshold for childcare scheme is raised
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Oct 10, 2018
Scrap business rates to help struggling nurseries, government urged
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Oct 8, 2018
Childcare voucher companies lose battle to keep scheme open
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Oct 4, 2018
Ireland: Katherine Zappone struggling to secure extra cash for affordable childcare scheme
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Oct 4, 2018
Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later
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Oct 3, 2018
Nursery ‘improves social skills better than care at home’
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Oct 2, 2018
Access to childcare in deprived areas deteriorates, study finds
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Oct 1, 2018
Childcare access falls in disadvantaged areas, new report reveals
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Oct 1, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn’s childcare pledge is a bold and exciting one – with a big bill
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Sep 25, 2018
Labour conference: Jeremy Corbyn pledges more free childcare
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Sep 25, 2018
Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce
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Sep 25, 2018
Business has long called for support to parents to make childcare affordable
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Sep 25, 2018
London Councils calls for urgent solution on nursery school funding
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Sep 12, 2018
Childcare Costs report
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Sep 11, 2018
International education study highlights UK strength
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Sep 11, 2018
30 hours childcare offer helping balance work and family lives
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Sep 11, 2018
Two-year-olds miss out on funded childcare due to lack of places
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Sep 11, 2018
Childcare providers 'reluctant' to offer two-year-old places
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Sep 10, 2018
Quality early years provision 'leads to fewer emotional difficulties'
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Sep 10, 2018
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Sep 6, 2018
Ireland: Budget ‘must address the crippling cost of childcare’
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Sep 5, 2018
Parents hit with additional fees for childcare in England
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Sep 4, 2018
Half of parents asked to pay extra fees for ‘free’ 30 hours childcare policy, survey finds
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Sep 4, 2018
30-hour free childcare scheme leaves nurseries at risk of closure, charity says
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Sep 4, 2018
Free childcare scheme 'closing' nurseries, education charity says
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Sep 4, 2018
Ireland: Childcare costs push women out of workforce, says study
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Sep 4, 2018
Cost of childcare rises three times faster than wages, study finds
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Sep 3, 2018
Working families' childcare costs rising faster than wages
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Sep 3, 2018
Working parents are struggling as nursery fees rise three times faster than wages
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Sep 3, 2018
Ireland hit by funding and staff crisis
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Sep 3, 2018
Ireland: Childcare plea needs a much louder voice | Lucinda Creighton
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Sep 3, 2018
Characteristics of Effective Learning will remain statutory, DfE confirms
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Aug 31, 2018
Employers back campaign to keep childcare voucher scheme open
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Aug 23, 2018
Two-year-old childcare offer 'fails to narrow attainment gap'
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Aug 23, 2018
Funded two-year-old places starting to close the gap, but higher take-up key
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Aug 23, 2018
Campaigners fight to save council-run childcare settings
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Aug 21, 2018
Ireland: Zappone - I know childcare costs too much
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Aug 21, 2018
Early years and childcare services: EY3 changes to individuals
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Aug 16, 2018
Bright Horizons signs deal with Morgan Stanley to offer workplace childcare
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Aug 15, 2018
Shortage of early years teachers risks 325,000 children falling behind, warns charity
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Aug 9, 2018
Teacher gaps in early years ‘risk child’s futures’
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Aug 9, 2018
Shortage of 11,000 qualified nursery teachers means children are 'starting behind'
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Aug 9, 2018
England faces shortage of 11,000 nursery teachers
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Aug 9, 2018
"Children who start behind, stay behind" - Britain short of 11,000 qualified nursery workers shocking report reveals
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Aug 9, 2018
Early years teacher gaps 'risk children's futures'
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Aug 9, 2018
Nursery schools facing 11,000 shortage of qualified teachers, figures reveal
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Aug 9, 2018
Graduate teacher shortage imperils nursery learning, warns charity
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Aug 9, 2018
Over 300,000 children are being taught by unqualified nursery staff, charity warns
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Aug 9, 2018
Lack of graduates harming nurseries, warns charity
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Aug 9, 2018
Teaching, pedagogy and practice in early years childcare: An evidence review
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Aug 8, 2018
Early years education: What does high-quality provision look like?
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Aug 8, 2018
How early childhood education and care can help to tackle the impact of childhood disadvantage
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Aug 8, 2018
Researchers criticise lack of evidence for government early years policy
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Aug 8, 2018
Early years education: what does high-quality provision look like?
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Aug 8, 2018
30 hours funded childcare scheme hits childminders' profits
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Aug 7, 2018
Action, not words, will show how serious the government is to tackling the early years gap | Luciana Berger & Lucy Powell
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Aug 7, 2018
30 hours: one year on
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Aug 6, 2018
Foundations for change
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Aug 6, 2018
Early Years Careers Pathway and map published
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Aug 6, 2018
Council warning over funding and recruitment for Scottish early years expansion
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Aug 3, 2018
Nursery slammed by Ofsted for failing to spot if kids as young as two might become jihadis
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Aug 2, 2018
Government to invest in school nurseries in deprived areas
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Aug 1, 2018
Scotland: Meeting childcare pledge will be hard, council warns
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Aug 1, 2018
Grandparents who provide childcare becoming 'financially unstable'
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Jul 25, 2018
Scotland: Ruth Davidson faces childcare juggling act
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Jul 25, 2018
Family and Childcare Trust join the Coram Group to become Coram Family and Childcare
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Jul 24, 2018
Welsh nurseries on board to deliver 30 hours
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Jul 19, 2018
Parents pay £124 a week for holiday childcare in Scotland
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Jul 18, 2018
Nurseries head to parliament to lobby MPs on childcare funding
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Jul 18, 2018
New NAHT research shows the majority of maintained nursery schools are in the most deprived areas of the UK
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Jul 17, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Jul 12, 2018
Zahawi criticises 'faux outrage' over 30 hours childcare eligibility
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Jul 10, 2018
Education Secretary makes inaugural speech to children's services sector
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Jul 5, 2018
3 in 10 nursery schools fear closure
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Jul 5, 2018
Nursery owners to lobby MPs on 30 hours
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Jul 5, 2018
A third of nurseries say their future is on a 'knife edge' and some are already closing due to funding problems
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Jul 5, 2018
Government to allow cohabitees of serious offenders to work in nurseries
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Jul 3, 2018
8 out of 10 30-hour childcare places provided by private and voluntary sector
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Jun 28, 2018
Government renews call for parents to sign up for Tax-Free Childcare
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Jun 28, 2018
Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2018
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Jun 28, 2018
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Jun 27, 2018
Caroline Freeman and Nicola Simpson: A breath of fresh air for kids at Scots nurseries
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Jun 27, 2018
Take the stress out the school holidays with Tax-Free Childcare
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Jun 26, 2018
The broken childcare market is a classic government failure
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Jun 26, 2018
Labour pledges to 'do away' with Tax-Free Childcare
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Jun 22, 2018
A posthumanist, materialist perspective on artmaking processes may shed a new light on the practices of social inclusion and exclusion in early years settings
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Jun 21, 2018
Universal Credit families denied help with 'sky high' upfront childcare fees
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Jun 21, 2018
Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents
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Jun 20, 2018
Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents
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Jun 20, 2018
DfE rebuffs MPs' call for rise to 30-hour funding
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Jun 20, 2018
Early years T-Level will give licence to practice
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Jun 18, 2018
Early years staff 'should ensure children are checked for eye problems'
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Jun 15, 2018
Early years staff 'should ensure children are checked for eye problems'
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Jun 15, 2018
Give young children eye tests to improve their literacy, as one in ten may have undiagnosed conditions
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Jun 14, 2018
Sweating the small stuff
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Jun 14, 2018
Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2017
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Jun 14, 2018
Nursery teachers quit to earn more in supermarkets
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Jun 13, 2018
Nurseries at ‘crisis point’ over doubling of free care
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Jun 11, 2018
Impact on children of early years education examined
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Jun 8, 2018
The woodland nursery in the middle of the forest
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Jun 7, 2018
Early years vocational qualification map revised
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May 30, 2018
Early years providers 'face £500m childcare funding shortfall'
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May 25, 2018
Nurseries turn to great outdoors to help solve free places squeeze
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May 25, 2018
Funded places leaving providers out of pocket by millions
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May 25, 2018
The consultation dilemma: How to get it right
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May 24, 2018
Milton: No childcare support for apprentices
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May 21, 2018
Scotland: Recruitment campaign emphasises the 'joy' of working in childcare
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May 14, 2018
Parents' return to work and childcare responsibilities
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May 10, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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May 10, 2018
Criminal record checks for childminders and childcare workers
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May 9, 2018
Halfon launches inquiry into impact of early years on later success
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May 8, 2018
Parents call for free childcare if schools are shut for elections
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May 8, 2018
Leading nursery groups continue to grow
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May 3, 2018
Early years provider non-compliance: action by Ofsted
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May 2, 2018
Outdoor nursery wins prestigious innovation award
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May 1, 2018
Busy Bees buys Australian nursery group
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May 1, 2018
Tracy Brabin: ‘We need to put the joy back into early years education’
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May 1, 2018
30 hours' free childcare offer risks impacting quality of early years education
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Apr 30, 2018
Daily roundup 30 April: Sajid Javid, Scottish childcare and Slough trust
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Apr 30, 2018
BloomsburyEd launches new online resource for early years practitioners
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Apr 30, 2018
Scottish councils win extra funding for childcare expansion
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Apr 30, 2018
Ofsted inspectors issued with new guidance on Intergenerational co-location
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Apr 30, 2018
Poor children 'missing out as schools struggle to fund 30 hours childcare offer'
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Apr 30, 2018
Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive
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Apr 30, 2018
‘Poor children excluded’ from nursery places
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Apr 30, 2018
Scotland: Forest Kindergarten learning course for children to branch out
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Apr 30, 2018
'Landmark' childcare funding deal agreed
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Apr 27, 2018
First aiders warn nursery children at risk
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Apr 27, 2018
London's first outdoor nursery gets Queen's Award for innovation
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Apr 26, 2018
Nursery campaigners march on Westminster
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Apr 25, 2018
New website resources to support children's communication
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Apr 25, 2018
Business start-up grants available for new childminders
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Apr 25, 2018
Better-off families gain £300 a month more than poor families from Government childcare policies
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Apr 23, 2018
Bright Horizons buys Zoom
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Apr 20, 2018
Decline in uptake of early years teacher training due to poor pay, study finds
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Apr 20, 2018
New childcare investment helping families - but high earning couples gain the most
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Apr 20, 2018
Underpaid and undervalued: the reality of childcare work in the UK
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Apr 20, 2018
Childcare providers 'struggling to stay afloat' due to lack of 30 hours funding
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Apr 19, 2018
Just Childcare acquires nursery in old school building
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Apr 19, 2018
Scrap business rates for nurseries, says small business organisation
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Apr 19, 2018
Alliance launches provider costs calculator as alternative to DfE template
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Apr 17, 2018
Kids Planet and Happy Days add nurseries
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Apr 17, 2018
Childcare providers 'face unexpected data protection costs'
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Apr 16, 2018
Children’s centres are disappearing – here’s what it means for the under fives and their parents
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Apr 16, 2018
Nursery group closed over safeguarding fears
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Apr 16, 2018
When parents in Cardiff are going to get 30-hours free childcare revealed
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Apr 16, 2018
Major nursery groups reveal gender pay gap
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Apr 16, 2018
Eligibility for 30 hours childcare passes 375,000 mark
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Apr 13, 2018
Continuing struggle for parents to find a 30 hours place
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Apr 13, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Apr 12, 2018
30 hours programme is hitting two-year-old places, finds report
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Apr 12, 2018
Ireland: Crèche in Louth closed over rodent infestation
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Apr 10, 2018
Childcare places to be increased at Scottish universities and colleges
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Apr 9, 2018
Early years census 2018: technical specification
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Apr 6, 2018
Sure Start closures – where are the centres, what services do they offer and how many have shut?
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Apr 5, 2018
1,000 children's centres 'lost'
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Apr 5, 2018
Unsure starts
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Apr 5, 2018
Children's centre closures may be as high as 1,000, says study
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Apr 5, 2018
'Thousands of families missing out on vital support' following closure of children's centres
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Apr 5, 2018
At least 1,000 children's centres have closed, claims report warning of 'tipping point'
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Apr 5, 2018
Sure Start centres disappearing at double rate ministers claim, says charity
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Apr 5, 2018
Inspecting registered early years providers: guidance for inspectors
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Apr 4, 2018
First UK nursery group sold to Chinese investors
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Apr 4, 2018
NDNA launches nursery survey on funding
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Apr 4, 2018
Huge drop in local authority spending on children's services
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Apr 3, 2018
Inspecting registered early years providers: guidance for inspectors
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Apr 3, 2018
More men in early years education - an update
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Mar 29, 2018
MPs call for extension of 30 hours childcare to all children
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Mar 28, 2018
Campaigners to deliver letter to PM calling for more funding to save children's centres
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Mar 28, 2018
Nursery group launches action plan to recruit more men to work in the early years
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Mar 28, 2018
Voice comments on latest Ofsted childcare statistics
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Mar 27, 2018
Awards celebrate children's speech and language
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Mar 27, 2018
London 30-hour childcare funding varies widely
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Mar 27, 2018
Ofsted statistics show an increase in providers exiting the sector since introduction of the 30 hours
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Mar 27, 2018
Early years and childcare statistics
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Mar 27, 2018
MPs call on government to increase 30 hours childcare funding
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Mar 26, 2018
30 hours: winners and losers among London childcare providers
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Mar 26, 2018
New tool to help local authorities assess local childcare market
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Mar 26, 2018
Help About Early Years measure the true cost of quality childcare
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Mar 26, 2018
Almost a quarter of nurseries want to ban glitter from their classrooms
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Mar 26, 2018
Ireland: Stay-at-home parents miss out on childcare scheme support
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Mar 26, 2018
Primary heads in Scotland 'forced to work in nurseries to plug staffing gaps'
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Mar 22, 2018
Early education and childcare
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Mar 21, 2018
'Clueless!' SNP childcare minister slammed over this shock admission
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Mar 21, 2018
Scotland’s childcare minister cannot answer staff number questions
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Mar 21, 2018
Statistics: childcare and early years
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Mar 20, 2018
Start-up aims to encourage more men into childcare and support new fathers
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Mar 20, 2018
Level 3 early years apprenticeship could receive £8,000 funding
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Mar 20, 2018
Nurseries' inability to pay Scottish Living Wage could impact 30 hours
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Mar 20, 2018
PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey
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Mar 20, 2018
Scotland: Nurseries fail to meet wage promise
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Mar 20, 2018
Growing children's nursery market attracting foreign investors
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Mar 19, 2018
Robert Winston to speak at men in early years conference
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Mar 19, 2018
Early years workforce ‘becoming less qualified’
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Mar 19, 2018
The Big Picture - Kids’ festival
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Mar 19, 2018
Inspecting registered early years providers: guidance for inspectors
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Mar 16, 2018
Childcare shortage excludes over 870,000 mothers from the workplace
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Mar 16, 2018
30 hours free childcare: spring term 2018
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Mar 15, 2018
Early years charity calls for action to boost male childcare numbers
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Mar 15, 2018
Parents struggling to get 30-hour codes validated
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Mar 15, 2018
Majority of councils have no men working in their nurseries, as parents assume they pose risk to children
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Mar 14, 2018
Voice welcomes EPI report on early years workforce
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Mar 14, 2018
NEU comment on EPI report on early years workforce
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Mar 14, 2018
Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension
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Mar 14, 2018
The early years workforce: a fragmented picture
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Mar 14, 2018
Early years sector 'increasingly relying on volunteers'
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Mar 14, 2018
Male nursery teacher: 'Men don't have to be macho'
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Mar 14, 2018
Men can be nursery teachers too
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Mar 14, 2018
Qualification levels among early years staff are falling
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Mar 14, 2018
One million children could go hungry under new plans for free school meals | Sam Royston
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Mar 13, 2018
USA: Owner of Oregon nursery Little Giggles drugged children and went to gym
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Mar 13, 2018
Children and Families Minister questioned
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Nadhim Zahawi
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Mar 9, 2018
Labour secures vote on Government free school meal and childcare changes
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Mar 9, 2018
Councils receive Government grants to help providers offer the 30 hours
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Mar 8, 2018
Cockapoo puppy joins college to support vulnerable childcare students
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Mar 8, 2018
Labour move to block cuts to free school meals through Commons vote
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Mar 8, 2018
Labour seeks government defeat on cuts to childcare
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Mar 7, 2018
Nursery World award winner to open second setting
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Mar 7, 2018
30 hours childcare policy - have your say
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Mar 6, 2018
Nursery group expands in South Wales
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Mar 6, 2018
Nursery owners borrow money to cover delayed 30-hour payments
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Mar 6, 2018
'Play and joy' in the snow
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Mar 5, 2018
NDNA Workforce survey: sector reaction
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Mar 5, 2018
Ofsted says settings are 'not physical enough'
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Mar 5, 2018
30 hours childcare policy - have your say
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Mar 2, 2018
Scotland aims to boost role of outdoor learning for nursery-age children
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Mar 2, 2018
'Staff exodus' threatens high-quality childcare
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Mar 1, 2018
There's snow stopping us!
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Mar 1, 2018
Scotland: Minister Maree Todd: childcare pledge is viable
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Mar 1, 2018
Plateauing childcare prices spare Scottish parents from Britain wide price surge
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Feb 28, 2018
Childcare prices surge at double rate of inflation, undermining Government’s new investments
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Feb 28, 2018
Childcare costs: Parents of children under two pay the most
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Feb 28, 2018
The cost of sending a child to nursery part-time rises by 7 per cent in one year and now costs £122 a week
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Feb 28, 2018
Tories to give rich parents £2,000 for childcare
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Feb 27, 2018
Daily roundup 23 February: Child poverty, Presidents Club and FGM trial
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Feb 23, 2018
Just half of three- and four-year-olds are read to every day
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Feb 23, 2018
Martyn McLaughlin: Will SNP’s childcare plans institutionalise kids?
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Feb 21, 2018
Irish families use childcare services less than average
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Feb 21, 2018
Early years foundation stage statutory framework (EYFS)
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Feb 20, 2018
New nursery group opens with focus on outdoor learning
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Feb 20, 2018
Scotland's council-run nurseries not meeting needs of working parents
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Feb 20, 2018
Parents attack council nurseries over 'limited' opening hours
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Feb 20, 2018
Early years national funding formula: funding rates and guidance
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Feb 19, 2018
Nursery opens second setting with half a million pound funding
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Feb 19, 2018
Over half of young children in care not told why they are there
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Feb 19, 2018
Early education and childcare
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Feb 16, 2018
Salford City Council's nurseries at risk of closure
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Feb 16, 2018
Nicola Sturgeon warned of major ‘risks’ with SNP childcare plan
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Feb 15, 2018
Nursery World Awards 2018 open for entries
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Feb 14, 2018
Scotland: Childcare workforce training gets boost
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Feb 14, 2018
Childcare: Do UK parents pay the most in the world?
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Feb 13, 2018
Poorest areas face biggest cuts to children's services
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Feb 6, 2018
ICP Nurseries buys two more nurseries
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Feb 6, 2018
Busy Bees expanding in China
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Feb 6, 2018
Practitioners' views sought for NDNA survey
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Feb 5, 2018
Foreign interest in UK early years sector rockets
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Feb 5, 2018
Parents paid £1m over 'shambles' childcare scheme
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Feb 1, 2018
Early years census 2018: guide
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Jan 31, 2018
In the February edition of CYP Now: Mental health special; 30 hours childcare; and adoption investigation
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Jan 31, 2018
Network for Early Years Teachers launches next month
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Jan 29, 2018
Ireland: Zappone’s childcare plan faces more delays after issues with IT
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Jan 25, 2018
Childbase staff share employee-ownership bonus
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Jan 24, 2018
Nursery education isn’t child’s play – it needs investment to be top quality
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Jan 24, 2018
The schools, colleges and nurseries highlighted for best practice in Wales
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Jan 24, 2018
Families face hardship due to 'nightmare' childcare system
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Jan 23, 2018
SEN charity launches free online resources for early years
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Jan 23, 2018
Lack of affordable childcare costing mothers £1.2bn a year in lost earnings
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Jan 23, 2018
Mothers losing out on earnings due to childcare issues, charity warns
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Jan 23, 2018
Inspection freeze 'undermines' children's centres, charity warns
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Jan 22, 2018
Nearly 1,000 children's centres not inspected
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Jan 22, 2018
DfE to assess the value of nursery schools
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Jan 19, 2018
First early years setting joins Research Schools network
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Jan 19, 2018
Nurseries admit asking parents for voluntary contributions
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Jan 18, 2018
Parents are forced to plug gaps in the government's 'free' childcare scheme as nurseries start charging for extras to cover the funding shortfall
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Jan 18, 2018
Providers introduce charges to make 30 hours free childcare viable
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Jan 18, 2018
Parents are ‘paying for free nursery scheme out of their own pockets’
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Jan 18, 2018
'Completely free' 30 hours shunned by most providers
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Jan 18, 2018
New look for NDNA
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Jan 18, 2018
Parents shelling out for 'free' nursery scheme
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Jan 18, 2018
Tax-Free Childcare extended to more parents, but some still unable to sign up
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Jan 16, 2018
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Jan 15, 2018
Growing nursery group buys 10th site
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Jan 15, 2018
Nursery group takes on more council nurseries
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Jan 15, 2018
Thousands struggle to access childcare on glitchy website
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Jan 15, 2018
Concerns over 'inaccurate' qualifications consultation
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Jan 15, 2018
Nadhim Zahawi will have responsibility for early years and social care
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Jan 12, 2018
EYFS staff:child ratios - DfE approved qualifications
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Jan 11, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Jan 11, 2018
NDNA launches workforce survey
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Jan 10, 2018
Wales consults on plans to ban smacking
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Jan 10, 2018
Become a childminder: pre-registration briefing
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Jan 9, 2018
New Education Secretary's track record highlights early years interest
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Jan 9, 2018
Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families
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Jan 9, 2018
How Princess Charlotte’s nursery compares to that of Prince George, William and Charles
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Jan 8, 2018
London mayor announces early years hubs to launch this month
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Jan 8, 2018
Shared nursery and elder care sites will end ‘age apartheid’
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Jan 8, 2018
Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead
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Jan 8, 2018
Being bold in 2018
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Jan 5, 2018
MPs to probe impact of 30 hours free childcare extension
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Jan 5, 2018
MPs to scrutinise effectiveness of childcare policy on parental employment
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Jan 5, 2018
Nursery group wins bid to run children's centre settings
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Jan 5, 2018
Call for 'shared sites' to bring young and old together
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Jan 5, 2018
Parents are wrongly being told they can’t claim 30 hours of free childcare due to glitch with HMRC’s website
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Jan 4, 2018
Government scraps early years expansion fund
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Jan 4, 2018
Early years census 2018: guide
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Jan 3, 2018
Demand for breakfast clubs booms, while poorer families miss out on formal childcare
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Jan 2, 2018
Ireland: Parents to get childcare choice under tax plan
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Jan 2, 2018
Education committee finds care system failing foster children
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Dec 22, 2017
Busy Bees gains major shareholder
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Dec 21, 2017
Statistics: childcare and early years
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Dec 21, 2017
Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2017
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Dec 21, 2017
Early years foundation stage profile return: closed collections
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Dec 21, 2017
Early years foundation stage profile return: how to submit data
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Dec 21, 2017
EYFSP return 2018: technical specification
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Dec 21, 2017
30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year
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Dec 20, 2017
Thousands of UK families miss out on free childcare provision
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Dec 19, 2017
30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2017
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Dec 19, 2017
Statistics: childcare and early years
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Dec 19, 2017
Check early years qualifications
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Dec 19, 2017
EYFS staff:child ratios - DfE approved qualifications
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Dec 19, 2017
Where will Princess Charlotte go to nursery school? Where is Willcocks Nursery in London?
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Dec 18, 2017
Princess Charlotte's nursery revealed
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Dec 18, 2017
Wales launches 10-year childcare plan
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Dec 18, 2017
Outdoor lessons for toddlers at nursery that never closes for snow
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Dec 18, 2017
Norfolk plans £5m budget cut to children's centres
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Dec 15, 2017
Daily roundup 15 December: Erasmus, harassment advice and childcare funding
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Dec 15, 2017
Early years settings to receive £50m to improve social mobility
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Dec 14, 2017
Government considers U-turn on 30 hours for foster carers
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Dec 14, 2017
Justine Greening unveils strategy to increase poor children's opportunities
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Dec 14, 2017
It is unfair that foster children are excluded from 30 hours free childcare
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Dec 14, 2017
Ofsted Annual Report 2016/17: education, children’s services and skills
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Chief Inspector launches her first Annual Report on state of education and children’s care in England
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Dec 13, 2017
Amanda Spielman on the launch of Ofsted's Annual Report 2016/17
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Dec 13, 2017
Outstanding providers
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Dec 13, 2017
Some nurseries will benefit from business rate relief from April
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted chief 'taken aback' by criticism of Reception report
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Dec 13, 2017
Birmingham's council nurseries up for review
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Dec 12, 2017
Spending on early years cut by £650m
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Dec 11, 2017
Lower earnings cap for Tax-Free Childcare to pay for 30 hours for foster carers
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Dec 11, 2017
£650m cut from early education
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Dec 11, 2017
Early years workforce strategy: early years training website launches
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Dec 8, 2017
SEED: qualifications and CPD highlighted in quality report
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Dec 8, 2017
Early education and childcare workforce: level 2 qualifications
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Dec 7, 2017
Study of early education and development (SEED)
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Dec 7, 2017
Early years provision quality
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Dec 7, 2017
SEED: Early years quality on the rise across the country
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Dec 7, 2017
SEED research shows quality linked to staff qualifications and CPD
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Dec 7, 2017
PM places the blame for problems with 30 hours on local authorities
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Dec 7, 2017
Consultation on Level 2 early years qualifications launches
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Dec 7, 2017
Findings from a study of early years provision quality within the larger study of early education and development (SEED) project
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Dec 7, 2017
Should the state provide free childcare for non-working parents?
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Dec 7, 2017
Theresa May told nursery owners are struggling under new rules
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Dec 6, 2017
Early years charity opens new family visitor centre in prison
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Dec 6, 2017
Childcare eligibility changes to extend provision to 8,000 more two-year-olds
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Dec 5, 2017
More children to be eligible for funded two-year-old places
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Dec 5, 2017
Divert childcare handouts from the middle class to the poor, says senior Tory MP
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Dec 5, 2017
Jewish nursery teacher Zelda de Groen sacked for living in sin wins legal fight
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Dec 5, 2017
Free early years entitlement for 2 year olds under Universal Credit
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Dec 4, 2017
Jewish teacher wins tribunal after she was sacked for living with her boyfriend
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Dec 4, 2017
Daily roundup 4 December: Part-time jobs, free childcare, and Universal Credit
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Dec 4, 2017
DfE amends 'misleading' claims on 30 hours on parent website
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Dec 4, 2017
Court victory for teacher at Jewish nursery sacked for living with boyfriend
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Dec 4, 2017
Nurseries 'to introduce LGBT-friendly books aimed at helping children question gender identity'
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Dec 3, 2017
Early years settings urged to take part in 30 hours survey
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Dec 1, 2017
Early Years Teacher trainees down for a third year
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ITT
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Dec 1, 2017
EYFS staff:child ratios - DfE approved qualifications
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Nov 29, 2017
Check early years qualifications
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Nov 29, 2017
Rise to national minimum wage threatens nurseries' survival
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Nov 29, 2017
The nursery in Amsterdam's red light district
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Holland
Nov 29, 2017
Children's early years experiences vary widely across the country
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Nov 28, 2017
Study of early education and development (SEED)
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Nov 27, 2017
Give child 'super-spreaders' flu vaccine, say experts
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Nov 27, 2017
China: Nurseries install cameras after drugging and abuse claims
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Nov 27, 2017
Government unveils example menus and food guidance
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Nov 27, 2017
Just 7 per cent of expected parents sign up for Tax-Free Childcare
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Nov 24, 2017
Childcare apprenticeships panel has just one PVI representative
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Nov 23, 2017
Founders of kidsunlimited start new nursery group
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Nov 23, 2017
Autumn Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of ignoring early years funding crisis
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Nov 22, 2017
FOI: early years dataset as at 31 August 2017
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Nov 22, 2017
Childcare website glitch leaves families struggling
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Nov 20, 2017
Government accused of 'failing families' as 1,000 nurseries close in childcare 'crisis'
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Nov 19, 2017
New inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships
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Nov 16, 2017
Tax-free childcare roll-out delayed for parents with 7 to 12-year-olds
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Nov 15, 2017
Flagship tax-free childcare scheme delayed
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Nov 15, 2017
Tax-Free Childcare full roll-out delayed
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Nov 15, 2017
Childcare minister claims 30 hours success but ready to listen
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Nov 13, 2017
30 hours: How nurseries are making ends meet
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Nov 13, 2017
Scotland welcomes new childcare minister
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Nov 9, 2017
Councils struggling to fulfil statutory duties to children, study finds
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Oct 31, 2017
Edinburgh childcare costs 'almost as much as mortgage'
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Oct 25, 2017
Welsh providers urged to have their say on 30-hour childcare
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Oct 25, 2017
Concern over further 30-hours confusion in Government
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Oct 25, 2017
Childcare costs rise seven times faster than income
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Oct 20, 2017
Childcare costs have risen four times faster than wages
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Oct 20, 2017
Childcare providers call for relaxation of qualifications to tackle staffing 'crisis'
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Oct 19, 2017
Funding available to improve access to childcare for the poorest two-year-olds
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Oct 18, 2017
Job applicants confused over status of online Level 3s
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Oct 15, 2017
Minister says providers are 'up for it' in 30 hours debate
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Oct 12, 2017
SNP conference: Is the childcare pledge 'unmatched'?
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Oct 11, 2017
Daily roundup 10 October: Childcare, ADHD, and body issues
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Oct 10, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon to promise childcare provision 'unmatched' in UK
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Oct 10, 2017
Scotland: SNP’s £420m extra for childcare part of ten-year power plan
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Oct 10, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon to spend a billion on childcare
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Oct 10, 2017
Daily Roundup 9 October: Child-on-child abuse, unaccompanied children, and online hate crime
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Oct 9, 2017
Education Select Committee to investigate social justice and ‘productivity’
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Sep 20, 2017
'We are family': Nurseries celebrate the diversity of family life
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Sep 20, 2017
Ratios made more flexible for childminders with 30-hours children
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Sep 20, 2017
Bilingual Mandarin-English nursery opens second site
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Sep 19, 2017
Parents being held back in their careers by lack of childcare
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Sep 19, 2017
Scotland: Childcare failings ‘damaging 90% of parents’ careers’
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Sep 19, 2017
Kiddi Caru Euro deal: 'The aim is to have a strong position in every country where we have settings'
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Sep 18, 2017
Big groups limit places and charge for extras
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Sep 18, 2017
Changes to early years goals and Profile planned
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Sep 15, 2017
Singapore: World's largest early years setting opens
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Sep 13, 2017
Scottish nurseries win end to business rates
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Sep 13, 2017
UK parents spend more on childcare than in other OECD countries
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Sep 12, 2017
Third of parents 'yet to access 30 hours childcare'
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Sep 11, 2017
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Sep 8, 2017
Parents still struggling to access 30-hours places
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Sep 8, 2017
Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas
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Sep 7, 2017
Tulip Siddiq named chair of early years APPG
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Sep 7, 2017
Kidd Caru sold to European childcare provider
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Sep 7, 2017
Charities call for early years teachers to lead all nurseries in poor areas
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Sep 6, 2017
Shortage of funding barrier to school readiness
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Sep 6, 2017
Delivery of 30 hours 'challenging' for biggest nursery groups
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Sep 6, 2017
Early years language training boosts children's skills
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Sep 6, 2017
Underfunded nurseries need a happy ending
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Sep 6, 2017
Thousands of parents do not understand Tax-Free Childcare
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Sep 5, 2017
Childcare challenge for shift workers
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Sep 5, 2017
Nursery staff 'require pay cut' for 30 hours childcare to be sustainable
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Sep 4, 2017
Sector feels the strain after fall in new Level 3s
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Sep 4, 2017
Settings warn their viability is at risk under 30 hours
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Sep 4, 2017
Q&A re offer to help working payments with nursery fees
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Sep 2, 2017
Fresh funding concerns emerge as free 30 hour childcare launches
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Sep 1, 2017
New DfE report on 30 hours free childcare pilot
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Sep 1, 2017
Playing fields could fall foul of 30 hours of childcare policy
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Sep 1, 2017
There’s no such thing as a free lunch — or free childcare
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Sep 1, 2017
Childminders ‘reluctantly’ offering 30 hours, finds PACEY survey
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Sep 1, 2017
Failure to invest in early years provision risks creating “lost generation” and hitting social mobility, warns senior Labour MP
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Aug 31, 2017
'Parents to face additional charges' for 30 hours childcare
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Aug 31, 2017
Daily roundup 31 August: Childcare, phobias, and second-hand smoke
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Aug 31, 2017
Three-quarters of extra childcare funding to benefit richest 50% - thinktank
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Aug 31, 2017
Early roll-out study shows childcare providers 'willing and able' to offer 30 hours
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Aug 31, 2017
Early rollout of 30 hours free childcare: evaluation
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Aug 31, 2017
30 hours free childcare launches
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Aug 31, 2017
Over half of parents apply for free 30 hours' childcare
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Aug 31, 2017
Shift early years spending to support disadvantaged, says senior Labour MP
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Aug 31, 2017
Almost two-fifths of providers think 30 hours will lead to their closure
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Aug 31, 2017
Nurseries renew calls for action on £550m business rates bill
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Aug 31, 2017
Report slams distribution of government's £9bn childcare spending
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Aug 31, 2017
Education charity warns of 30 hour free childcare 'chaos'
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Aug 31, 2017
80,000 parents set to miss out on nursery places
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Aug 28, 2017
Thousands of parents may miss out on free nursery places
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Aug 28, 2017
Childcare cost to soar as government review puts nurseries under pressure
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Aug 28, 2017
Looking forward to those 30 hours of free nursery care? Think again …
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Aug 27, 2017
Parents caught in childcare chaos
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Aug 27, 2017
Nursery tackles high pollution levels
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Aug 25, 2017
Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer
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Aug 23, 2017
Childcare website 'must be improved', says Morgan
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Aug 23, 2017
HMRC apologises for Childcare Service performance
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Aug 23, 2017
Private nurseries welcome moves to axe business rates
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Aug 23, 2017
Business rates could be scrapped for Scottish nurseries
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Aug 22, 2017
Benefits freeze adds to cost of raising children for low-income families
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Aug 22, 2017
Early 30 hours codes for two-year-olds lead to confusion
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Aug 21, 2017
Parents struggling to afford basics for children, study finds
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Aug 21, 2017
Have your say on early years arts and creativity
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Aug 21, 2017
More nurseries 'bridge the generations' between young and old
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Aug 17, 2017
'Inadequate' Learndirect stopped from taking new apprentices
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Aug 17, 2017
Daily roundup 11 August: Childcare website, custody figures, and abuse case
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Aug 11, 2017
Parents offered compensation over troubled Tax-Free Childcare
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Aug 11, 2017
Just Childcare on track with expansion plans
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Aug 11, 2017
Put to the vote: German nursery where children make the decisions
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Aug 11, 2017
Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents
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Aug 10, 2017
Kids Planet buys nursery number 20
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Aug 9, 2017
100th nursery gains paediatric first aid award
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Aug 9, 2017
Councils at ‘breaking point’ over children’s social care cuts, LGA warns
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Aug 9, 2017
Troubled government Childcare Service website could face select committee probe
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Aug 8, 2017
Busy Bees adds to string of acquisitions
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Aug 8, 2017
Struggling nurseries told to do parents' ironing and use volunteers
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Aug 7, 2017
30 hours take-up exceeds forecast in York, study shows
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Aug 7, 2017
Morgan demands answers on 30 hours' free childcare website glitches
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Aug 4, 2017
There's some way to go before universities are truly parent-friendly
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Aug 4, 2017
Glitches with key free childcare website probed
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Aug 4, 2017
HMRC under fire over childcare website failings
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Aug 4, 2017
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Aug 3, 2017
Former education secretary demands answers about HMRC's Childcare Service
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Aug 3, 2017
New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage
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Aug 3, 2017
Busy Bees ties up acquisition of Canadian group
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Aug 2, 2017
Government starts drive for UK nursery providers to launch in China
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Jul 27, 2017
A quarter of children using food banks over summer are under five
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Jul 26, 2017
North West nursery group eyes expansion
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Jul 26, 2017
New online toolkit offers free business advice to childminders
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Jul 26, 2017
Government’s flagship free childcare scheme is already leading to nursery closures, sector warns
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Jul 25, 2017
Essex nursery 'closes because of universal free hours scheme'
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Jul 25, 2017
Birmingham children's centres under threat
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Jul 20, 2017
Updated 30 hours guide sets out expectation that parents pay for meals
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Jul 20, 2017
Parents face rising costs and holiday childcare shortages
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Jul 20, 2017
Childcare service opens for parents with children under five
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Jul 19, 2017
DfE clarifies nursery schools & classes not limited by Published Admissions Number (PAN)
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Jul 18, 2017
Benefits of 30 hours confirmed as free childcare places soar
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Jul 18, 2017
Free childcare policy hit by online glitch
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Jul 18, 2017
Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges
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Jul 17, 2017
30 hours free childcare: early implementation evaluation
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Jul 17, 2017
Childcare providers in 30 hours trial report fall in profits
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Jul 17, 2017
Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare
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Jul 17, 2017
Nursery groups on expansion trail
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Jul 14, 2017
Council nurseries consider charging parents of funded twos for meals
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Jul 14, 2017
Nursery teachers may be sent to primaries to plug staff gaps
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Jul 13, 2017
Three-quarters of Cambridgeshire children's centres face axe
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Jul 13, 2017
Labour calls on sector to take part in 30-hours survey
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Jul 13, 2017
Travelling tutors offer Froebel training
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Jul 13, 2017
Childminder agencies: a guide
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Jul 13, 2017
Nursery is better for children’s development than a nanny, major Oxford University study finds
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Jul 12, 2017
Early education use and child outcomes up to age 3
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Jul 12, 2017
Early education: potential value for money
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Jul 12, 2017
Study of early education and development (SEED)
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Jul 12, 2017
Early years childcare 'beneficial for language and behaviour'
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Jul 12, 2017
SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all
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Jul 12, 2017
Kids Planet acquires 19th nursery
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Jul 12, 2017
UK's first nursery in care home to open in London (video)
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Jul 11, 2017
Early years provider fined for running illegal nursery
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Jul 10, 2017
First nursery at care home unveiled
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Jul 10, 2017
Busy Bees buys Canadian nursery provider
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Jul 7, 2017
Parents could miss out on 30 hours because of IT glitch
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Jul 7, 2017
Grenfell Tower drawings encouraged by nursery
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Jul 7, 2017
English schools to join pilot of PISA tests for 5 year olds
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Jul 6, 2017
Conference to tackle gender imbalance in early years workforce
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Jul 5, 2017
Labour appoints shadow childcare minister
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Jul 3, 2017
New design guide for early years settings
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Jul 3, 2017
Nursery World Awards 2017: the shortlists revealed
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Jun 30, 2017
Nursery free hours extra cash worth 'less than a stamp'
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Jun 30, 2017
Planned increase in academisation needs careful monitoring to protect quality and availability of early education, report warns
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Jun 29, 2017
Warning over impact of academy expansion on school-based childcare
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Jun 29, 2017
Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017
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Jun 29, 2017
DfE figures show more two-year-olds in schools
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Jun 29, 2017
Family and Childcare Trust appoints Chief Executive Ellen Broomé
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Jun 28, 2017
Robert Goodwill named the new childcare minister
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Jun 27, 2017
Tell us what you think about Nursery World
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Jun 26, 2017
APPG eyes launch
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Jun 26, 2017
Fascinating Finn and a pedagogy of possibilities
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Jun 23, 2017
Fascinating Finn and a pedagogy of possibilities
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Jun 23, 2017
Early years minister role still vacant
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Jun 23, 2017
PACEY teaming up with health visitors to promote childminding
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Jun 23, 2017
Family and Childcare Trust responds to the High Court’s ruling on the Revised Benefit Cap
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Jun 22, 2017
Education and childcare must not be pushed down the political agenda to 'any other business'
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Jun 22, 2017
High Court rules benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with young children
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Jun 22, 2017
Our national failings begin in the nursery
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Jun 22, 2017
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Jun 21, 2017
Early years places 'must reach poorest'
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Jun 21, 2017
Queen’s Speech 2017: Free school meals to stay
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Jun 21, 2017
Tories' 30-hour free childcare plan fails to target poor families, says expert
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Jun 21, 2017
UK 'bottom of the league' for free early education
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Jun 21, 2017
International study calls for more early years funding to close the gap
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Jun 21, 2017
Manifesto promises must deliver for early years
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Jun 20, 2017
Nursery owners recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Jun 19, 2017
Home News Rise in childcare places in areas piloting 30 hours offer
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Jun 14, 2017
Flat rate and extras charges set for Welsh 30-hour pilots
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Jun 14, 2017
Childcare places on the rise in 30-hour pilot areas
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Jun 14, 2017
Ofsted statistics show continuing drop in childminder numbers
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Jun 14, 2017
Education and childcare must not be pushed down the political agenda to 'any other business'
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Jun 13, 2017
Revision of inspection framework cost providers £12m
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Jun 13, 2017
Nurseries flock to food share scheme
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Jun 12, 2017
Tax-Free childcare costs top £35m
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Jun 12, 2017
SEND fund kicks in
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Jun 12, 2017
Tories 'set to review childcare ratios', expert claims
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Jun 6, 2017
How Labour took me from teenage mother to shadow education secretary | Angela Rayner
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Jun 1, 2017
Angela Rayner: Labour will boost Sure Start services that changed my life
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Jun 1, 2017
Voting for education
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Jun 1, 2017
'How much will it cost!?' Corbyn reaches for iPad as he fails to explain childcare policy
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May 31, 2017
Labour sets out universal childcare plans
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May 30, 2017
Labour childcare plans 'to benefit 1.3m additional children'
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May 30, 2017
Corbyn unable to give cost of childcare pledge in interview
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May 30, 2017
Trainers report Level 3 apprentice surge
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May 28, 2017
Think-tank weighs up parties' childcare policies
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May 26, 2017
Parties accused of not spelling out consequences of manifestos
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May 26, 2017
30 hours free childcare: eligibility
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May 26, 2017
UKIP manifesto: parents can use unregulated childcare for funded hours
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May 25, 2017
Benchmark for terms and conditions is long overdue
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May 23, 2017
Green Party pledges universal free early education for all children
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May 22, 2017
Early years research programme seeks settings to join panel
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May 22, 2017
What the manifestos say on early years
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May 19, 2017
Tories promise funding for schools to open nurseries
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May 18, 2017
Lib Dems pledge £5.8bn for England's school budgets
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May 17, 2017
Labour’s childcare proposals: Transforming formal care
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May 17, 2017
Lib Dems would extend free childcare and triple EYPP
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May 17, 2017
Only Labour will guarantee every child, no matter what their background, gets the care they deserve
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May 16, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon celebrates 'record exam levels' as she ignores SNP's education failures
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto pledges £25bn package for education
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May 16, 2017
Labour Party Manifesto - towards a National Education Service
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto: the full list of schools policies
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto recognises importance of early years
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May 16, 2017
Lib Dems would triple EYPP
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May 16, 2017
Labour pledges free childcare for every family in £5billion vow as it launches landmark election manifesto
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May 15, 2017
NDNA calls for 'childcare passport' to simplify payment
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May 15, 2017
Parents should be offered 'childcare passport'
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May 15, 2017
Angela Rayner unveils Labour's three-point plan to transform education and schools
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May 14, 2017
Level 3 apprenticeship consultation is ‘flawed’
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May 14, 2017
APPG for early years gains backing
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May 14, 2017
Tax-Free Childcare runs into problems
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May 14, 2017
Analysis: What is ‘baby PISA’?
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May 14, 2017
Early years manifesto
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May 14, 2017
Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’
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May 12, 2017
Leaked Labour manifesto pledges free childcare for two-year-olds
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May 11, 2017
Labour proposes greater early years investment and 30 hours extension
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May 11, 2017
Young fathers unfairly regarded as ‘hard to reach’
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May 3, 2017
Nursery owner's 30-hours petition reaches 5,000 signatures
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May 2, 2017
Just a third of providers have signed up to Tax-Free Childcare
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Apr 28, 2017
Sticky politics
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Apr 27, 2017
Tell us your experience of Ofsted in early years settings
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Apr 25, 2017
Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance
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Apr 24, 2017
Tax-Free Childcare goes live
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Apr 24, 2017
Regular bedtimes stop children from becoming overweight, study finds
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Apr 24, 2017
Tax-Free Childcare launches today for children under four
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Apr 21, 2017
30 hours free childcare: LA and early years provider guide
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Apr 21, 2017
Family and Childcare Trust urges next government to make childcare work for families
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Apr 21, 2017
Response to decision to hold a general election on 8 June 2017
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Apr 19, 2017
Ministers urged to ‘rethink’ or ‘delay’ introduction of 30-hours free childcare
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Apr 18, 2017
Theresa May announces general election for 8 June
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Apr 18, 2017
Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis
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Apr 18, 2017
Call to replace 30 hours with means-tested system
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Apr 18, 2017
Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system
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Apr 18, 2017
Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss
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Apr 18, 2017
Sector urges parties to prioritise children's issues in general election
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Apr 18, 2017
NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey
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Apr 16, 2017
Editor’s view - Our survey says...
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Apr 16, 2017
Confusion as settings ‘hounded’ to pay for music licences
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Apr 16, 2017
Early Years Capital Fund
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Apr 11, 2017
Supporting early years providers to run sustainable businesses
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Apr 11, 2017
Government announces £50m childcare investment ahead of 30 hours policy
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Apr 11, 2017
Families to benefit from £55 million boost to childcare schemes
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Apr 11, 2017
Tories race to fulfil childcare pledge
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Apr 11, 2017
The future of childcare in London: Devolving funding for greater affordability, access and equality
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Apr 10, 2017
DfE finds £50m more for 30 hours expansion
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Apr 10, 2017
A student says she might have to leave university if it shuts its nursery
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Apr 5, 2017
Family and Childcare Trust appoints joint Chief Executives
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Apr 4, 2017
Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'
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Apr 4, 2017
Most parents unlikely to get extra free childcare
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Apr 4, 2017
Less than half of providers to offer 30-hour free childcare
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Apr 3, 2017
Nurseries unwilling to commit to Government's 30-hour childcare scheme
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Apr 3, 2017
More parents taking up pilot 30-hours than expected
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Apr 3, 2017
Hundreds of settings closing doors as 30 hours looms
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Apr 2, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 24 March 2017
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Mar 24, 2017
Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans
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Mar 24, 2017
New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland
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Mar 23, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon's free childcare policy under fire as nurseries cannot afford it
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Mar 23, 2017
Nursery concerns to be addressed
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Mar 23, 2017
DfE launches website ahead of tax-free childcare launch
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Mar 22, 2017
30 hours free childcare: eligibility
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Mar 22, 2017
New Childcare Choices parents' website goes live
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Mar 22, 2017
HMRC details how Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work
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Mar 20, 2017
One in ten nursery workers paid below the minimum wage
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Mar 17, 2017
Government denies that Budget adjustments indicate 30-hour places shortfall
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Mar 17, 2017
Illegal low pay for 20,000 nursery staff - claim
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Mar 17, 2017
Government refusing to reveal details of work by childcare taskforce
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Mar 15, 2017
Ofsted statistics show further decline in childminders
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Mar 14, 2017
Parents missing out on free places because councils failing to follow guidance
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Mar 13, 2017
Parents 'stuck' in disputes over cross-border nursery funding
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Mar 13, 2017
Budget: Critics attack lack of action on free childcare funding
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Mar 8, 2017
Spring Budget 2017: Tax-Free Childcare to start from April
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Mar 8, 2017
Pilot provider warns 30-hour free childcare initiative is 'economic suicide'
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Mar 7, 2017
PACEY Workforce survey finds childminders more confident than nurseries about the future
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Mar 6, 2017
All families should have access to early years education
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Mar 6, 2017
Mixed response to DfE's new model agreement
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Mar 6, 2017
Daily roundup 3 March: school funding, free childcare, and child death
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Mar 3, 2017
All families should have access to early years education, say NAHT
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Mar 2, 2017
Cost of childcare remains too high for parents, charity warns
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Mar 2, 2017
Scottish parents face childcare costs hike
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Mar 2, 2017
Relief for Welsh parents as childcare prices drop – but not enough childcare available for working parents
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Mar 2, 2017
Sky high London childcare costs are a third more than national average
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Mar 2, 2017
Hard working parents torpedoed by stubbornly high childcare costs
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Mar 2, 2017
Fresh setback for 30-hour nursery place scheme
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Feb 24, 2017
DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours
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Feb 24, 2017
DfE data reveals 10,000 fewer childcare providers plan to offer 30-hour places
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Feb 23, 2017
Tens of thousands of providers don't plan to offer 30 hour childcare
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Feb 23, 2017
Childcare and early years providers survey: 2016
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Feb 23, 2017
Government lobbied to keep vouchers to save on childcare costs
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Feb 20, 2017
Response to Joseph Roundtree Foundation and Loughborough University’s Minimum income standard report
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Feb 15, 2017
Parents say childcare quality is falling
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Feb 14, 2017
Charge for extras to make 30 hours viable, Minister tells nurseries
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Feb 14, 2017
More than 500,000 children to miss out on free 30 hours childcare
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Feb 13, 2017
Parents on zero-hour contracts 'could miss out on free childcare'
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Feb 12, 2017
Quality of childcare put at risk by extending free hours of childcare
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Feb 8, 2017
Councils uncertain about delivery of 30-hours free childcare pledge, survey finds
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Feb 8, 2017
Childcare provision under risk as councils funding runs out
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Feb 8, 2017
'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'
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Feb 8, 2017
Many councils unsure over extended childcare provision
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Feb 8, 2017
Uncertainty over 30 hours free childcare, say councils
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Feb 8, 2017
Sector fury over TV show's claims of free hours money grabbing
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Feb 7, 2017
Government urged to scrap universal funded childcare
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Feb 6, 2017
Free nursery hours subsidising the rich, report says
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Feb 6, 2017
Response to IEA's Getting the State out of Pre-School and Childcare report
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Feb 6, 2017
Most jobless parents will work to get 30 hours
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Feb 6, 2017
Free childcare ‘does not work and should be scrapped’
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Feb 6, 2017
Workforce strategy not expected until end February
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Feb 1, 2017
Nursery schools: ‘What society gives children less chance than their parents?’
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Jan 31, 2017
Childminders feeling the heat over the 30-hour childcare offer
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Jan 30, 2017
Four more councils to join free childcare pilot
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Jan 27, 2017
More councils join 30-hour early implementer pilot
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Jan 27, 2017
Study of early education and development (SEED)
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Jan 27, 2017
Parents’ views and demand for 30 hours of free childcare
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Jan 27, 2017
Parent co-op nurseries may be the answer to low-cost quality childcare
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Jan 26, 2017
'Patchy' local offer restricting SEND children's access to childcare
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Jan 26, 2017
Families with disabled children left in the dark on childcare
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Jan 26, 2017
Families with disabled children 'missing out on childcare'
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Jan 26, 2017
Mayor of London introduces childcare loans and urges employers to follow
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Jan 25, 2017
Thousands could miss out on free childcare, warns lobby group
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Jan 20, 2017
Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'
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Jan 20, 2017
DfE 'underestimating' demand for 30-hour places by 100,000
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Jan 20, 2017
Free childcare plan faces places pinch, warns lobby group
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Jan 20, 2017
Is this Hackney nursery the future for London’s childcare industry?
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Jan 18, 2017
Breakfast clubs 'lifeline' for working parents
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Jan 17, 2017
Cash threat to expansion of nursery policy
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Jan 16, 2017
Reforms urged over 'unfair' nursery policy
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Jan 11, 2017
Scottish think tank slam free nursery system as ‘unfair’
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Jan 10, 2017
Childcare funding 'will create 9,000 places'
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Jan 10, 2017
Families to benefit from £50 million boost to childcare schemes
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Jan 10, 2017
Nursery expansion projects for 30-hour childcare revealed
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Jan 10, 2017
Childcare: core infrastructure, collaboration and funding
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Jan 10, 2017
Greening unveils £50m grant scheme to create more childcare places
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Jan 10, 2017
Almost 9,000 childcare places to be created for three and four-year-olds
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Jan 10, 2017
Early years sector’s hopes, fears and dreams for the year ahead
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Jan 9, 2017
Use empty tube and rail buildings for childcare, Sadiq Khan urged
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Jan 6, 2017
Early years sector calls for children's centres consultation to be prioritised
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Jan 5, 2017
The expansion of early learning and childcare in Scotland
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Jan 5, 2017
Three things to look out for in education policy in 2017
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Dec 22, 2016
Trump childcare is a step in the right direction
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Dec 20, 2016
Childcare red tape review reveals confusion and high cost of regulation
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Dec 16, 2016
Nicola Sturgeon ripped apart for introducing ‘impossible’ flagship education policy
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Dec 13, 2016
Why the Tories’ so-called free childcare will punish children and families | Neil Leitch
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Dec 12, 2016
IFS unconvinced on impact of 30-hour free childcare
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Dec 12, 2016
Children’s centre closures on the increase
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Dec 8, 2016
Our campaign has secured additional funding for early years from April 2017
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Dec 6, 2016
Early years funding will not be reviewed annually
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Dec 6, 2016
Doubling free childcare will have 'small impact' on parents' employment - IFS
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Dec 2, 2016
Early years funding: minimum rate 'still not enough'
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Dec 1, 2016
Government announces £4.30 minimum funding rate for childcare places
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted calls on government action to ensure sufficient places for 30-hour childcare
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Dec 1, 2016
NLW a challenge for childcare employers
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Nov 29, 2016
Childminder training course on SEND launches
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Nov 25, 2016
Childminder training to support SEND
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Nov 24, 2016
Autumn Statement: Key measures and reaction
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn Statement: Rise to NLW, but no extra funding for childcare sector
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Nov 23, 2016
Action-plan for quality leap in childcare revealed
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Nov 17, 2016
What Britain can learn from Scandinavia when it comes to childcare
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Nov 14, 2016
Response to BCC's survey on childcare
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Nov 14, 2016
Early years minister tells sector 'exam grades not only proof of quality'
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Nov 8, 2016
30-hour free childcare entitlement: consultation concluded
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Nov 5, 2016
Voice welcomes announcement on early years qualification consultation
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Nov 5, 2016
Childcare costs families a third of income
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Oct 25, 2016
Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall
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Oct 25, 2016
Theresa May ‘raiding’ childcare fund for poor families to fulfil election promise
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Oct 23, 2016
Free childcare expansion at risk from 'recruitment crisis'
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Oct 19, 2016
Sturgeon vows ‘childcare revolution’
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Oct 16, 2016
Home News Government unveils £5.2m grant scheme to support 30-hours childcare drive
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Oct 11, 2016
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