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Childcare providers only option is to increase fees to survive With the 30hrs free childcare scheme set to roll out across the country in September, many childcare providers are concerned about being sustainable.Therefore many childcare providers are considering increasing fees as well as introducing extra charges to help claw back the shortfall … [Read more...] about Nursery fees rise due to free childcare scheme

Gov e-petition created to help save the maintenance and renewal of children's play areas This petition was set up by a grandfather who has 7 grandchildren The idea of my gov.e-petition came from seeing several reports in the media about the cuts in budgets Local Authorities were having to make and that some Local Authorities are considering … [Read more...] about Help save children’s play areas

30hrs free childcare pilot scheme accessed by thousands of families The number of families accessing the 30hrs free childcare pilot scheme has exceeded the amount expected. Over 5,400 childcare places have already been taken up across the eight council areas that formed part of the pilot scheme. The target set last year was 5,000 of which this … [Read more...] about Thousands of parents access the 30hrs free childcare pilot scheme.

Instead of testing seven year old's Government now want to test four-year-old's instead Tests completed by seven year old's ( SATS) are to be scrapped, the decision for this being children are put under too much pressure leading to them becoming stressed.  Government is now promising to introduce a baseline assessment for four year … [Read more...] about Department for Education propose tests for 4 year olds

New report warns the new childcare scheme could leave London families worse off   Government's new childcare scheme set to be rolled out across the rest of the country could leave London families worse off. A new report warns that many childcare providers in the London area will not be offering this 30hrs free childcare scheme due to … [Read more...] about New childcare scheme could leave London families worse off

How will childcare providers cope with all the new changes? In the next coming months, the early year's sector is going to be hit from many angles; this may potential cause some childcare providers to close down. For many parents childcare is a necessity, without nurseries, childminders, playgroups, etc. many parents would not be able to go to … [Read more...] about Will childcare providers survive?

Will non-qualified practitioners be paid better than qualified childcare practitioners? With the National Living wage due to increase next month, will this cause childcare providers problems with their pay scale? Will over 25's be paid more than qualified practitioners? If this continues will childcare qualifications matter? Having a … [Read more...] about Will childcare qualifications not matter?

Cost of childcare continues to rise Many parents are finding that the cost of childcare is rising, in some cases costing more than their wages. Over the years the cost of childcare has climbed, this is due to many reasons, one being the rise in the national living wage and minimum wage, the shortfall in funding for nursery education funded … [Read more...] about Cost of childcare is becoming even more expensive

 Children's show introduces a muppet with Autism  The famous children's show is introducing a new muppet character that has autism. She will be called Julia and is set to make an entrance in April on US channel HBO. During the show the character, Julia will demonstrate some characteristics of Autism, further characters in the … [Read more...] about TV show Sesame Street is introducing a new muppet character with autism