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Eight councils chosen to trial 30 hours childcare scheme early

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Eight councils in England will receive 拢13m to launch the 30 hours free childcare scheme a year ahead of schedule, the Department for Education has announced.

The government has confirmed that Wigan, Staffordshire, Swindon, Portsmouth,...Read more

Thousands of single parents excluded from 30 hours childcare, claims charity

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Up to 20,000 single parents could miss out on the extended free entitlement offer due to a change in eligibility criteria, according to the charity for single parent families, Gingerbread.

In November, the government announced that parents...Read more

30 hours scheme could 鈥榥ationalise鈥 childcare, says thinktank

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Government plans to extend the three- and four-year-old free entitlement for working families could help to 鈥渘ationalise childcare鈥, a thinktank has claimed.

Time to Care, a report on the Childcare Bill published by Policy...Read more

Two-to-four year olds in the UK 鈥榥ot active enough to be healthy鈥

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A recent report by The British Heart Foundation National Centre claims that 91% of two-to-four year olds in the UK are not active enough to be healthy.

UK physical activity guidelines state that children within this age group need at least...Read more

Government mulls 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 fee increase

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The government are set to consult on proposed increases to 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 annual fees, childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed.

In a letter sent to early years organisations, the minister stated 鈥溾any providers have faced increases in...Read more

新澳门六合彩官网开奖 publishes childminder agency inspection guidance

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Childminder agencies will be rated as 鈥榚ffective鈥 or 鈥榠neffective鈥 rather than 鈥榦utstanding鈥, 鈥榞ood鈥, 鈥榬equires improvement鈥 or 鈥榠nadequate鈥, 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 has confirmed.

According to the childminding agencies inspection handbook, published in...Read more

Jenny Chapman appointed as shadow childcare minister in Labour reshuffle

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Labour MP Jenny Chapman has been appointed shadow childcare minister in party leader Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 first reshuffle.

Prior to the reshuffle, Chapman had been shadow prisons and probation minister since 2011. She has a history of...Read more

Government slashes spending on early intervention

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Government funding for early help services will be cut by 71% between 2010 and 2020, the National Children鈥檚 Bureau reveals this morning.

A report titled Losing in the long run, compiled by Action for Children, National Children鈥檚 Bureau...Read more

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Latest EPPSE findings assert lasting effects of pre-school

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Children who attend pre-school are more likely to take AS-level exams than those who don鈥檛, new research has suggested....Read more

Government responds to Affordable Childcare Committee report

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The government has finally responded to a report by the House of Lords Affordable Childcare Committee, nearly a year after it was published.

The...Read more

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