Need for both parents to work to get 30 hours free childcare ‘should be dropped’
The Government has been urged to drop the need for both parents to be in work to qualify for 30 hours of free childcare a week to help close the
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Nursery school leaders to march on Westminster demanding long-term funding
Hundreds of nursery school leaders will descend on Westminster asking for long-term funding to secure their future. On Monday nursery heads and governors will deliver a letter to Philip Hammond
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Children’s Minister insists doubling free childcare provision is deliverable
It is not fair to accuse local authorities of failing to deliver on a pledge to double free childcare provision ahead of schedule, a Government minister has said. The Scottish
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Former day nursery manager admits viewing sexual abuse of children online
A former day nursery manager has admitted viewing the sexual abuse of children online. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to using a chatroom to
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Government risks ‘social vandalism of worst kind’ if maintained nurseries close
Ministers risk causing “social vandalism of the worst kind” if maintained nurseries close due to funding uncertainty, MPs have heard. Former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell warned the Government must
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Report: New children’s social services data report published (Scotland)
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published the Children’s Services Workforce 2017 report, taking a detailed look at the children’s social services workforce. The data in the report supplements
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Childcare workers facing financial hardship after real terms pay cut – report
Childcare workers have suffered a real terms pay cut of 5% in recent years, in “stark contrast” to wage rises of 2.5% among women employees generally, according to a new
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New campaign urges childcare providers to promote ‘gender-equal play’
A new campaign has been launched in a bid to promote more “gender-equal play” in nurseries and childcare. The Care Inspectorate – the body which inspects registered childcare providers –
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Diversity project aims to recruit more minorities to work in Scottish nurseries
A project to recruit more nursery staff from ethnic minorities has been launched by the Scottish Government. The £140,000 scheme aims to increase the diversity of the early learning and
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Call for scrapping of high earner’s childcare subsidies to fund low-income families
High earners should have childcare subsidies scrapped to give a boost to low-income families under Universal Credit, the architects of the reforms have said. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)
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