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Minimal wage increase makes good nurseries outstanding

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Feb 10, 2016
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Research from the Family and Childcare Trust has found that a pay increase of just 拢1 an hour can make the difference between a childcare setting with a 鈥楪ood鈥 Ofsted rating and that with an 鈥極utstanding鈥.

The study 鈥業n for a pound鈥...Read more

Eight councils chosen to trial 30 hours childcare scheme early

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Feb 2, 2016
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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

New report highlights the need for better standards of childcare

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Jan 27, 2016

High-quality childcare plays a critical role in mitigating the effects of poverty on children, a new report published by the Family Childcare Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation argues.

贰苍迟颈迟濒别诲听Creating an anti-poverty childcare...Read more

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

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Jan 26, 2016
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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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Jan 26, 2016
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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

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