Category: Funding

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Sector “frustrated” over focus on school-based nurseries

The Early Years Alliance has said it is "disappointed and frustrated" that government policy continues ...
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Private equity backed nurseries ‘contribute to care deserts’

Private equity backed nurseries are more likely to open in wealthier areas, while not-for-profit nurseries ...
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Navigate change

How nurseries can balance quality, safety and sustainability following the introduction of new funding guidance
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The childcare funding crisis

Philip Ford, managing director of Hopscotch Nurseries, explains why independent nurseries face an impossible choice
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Open letter to DfE backed by more than 6,000 settings

Jo Morris, spokesperson for Early Years Voice Childcare professionals representing more than 6,060 settings have signed ...
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Government announces funding for school nurseries and childcare expansion

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a government investment of £370 million over the next four ...
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Call for capital funding to include maintained nursery schools

The government should extend eligibility for school-based nursery capital grants to maintained nurseries, according to ...
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Childcare costs drive 15% of parents to quit work

15% of parents with a child under five say the cost or availability of childcare ...
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Increased costs force nurseries to limit funded places

More than a third of childcare providers have limited the number of government-funded hours they ...
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Shape the future

The Nursery Management Show takes place at the end of June at Birmingham’s NEC. Find ...
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Nurseries hindered by inconsistent local guidance finds NDNA

Local authorities are taking a mixed approach to implementing government guidance on delivering funded childcare ...
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Viability concerns as applications open for funded entitlement

The Early Years Alliance has expressed concerns about the longterm viability of the early entitlement ...
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Ombudsman tells council to reimburse nursery parent

The local government ombudsman has told Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council to reimburse a parent ...
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Nurseries funded to support service families

Ten childcare settings across the UK have been awarded a share of £300,000 to help ...
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NDNA supports petition to exempt nurseries from NI contributions

Karen Richards, chair of the National Day Nurseries Association's Nottinghamshire network, has launched a petition ...
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Campaign group launches to challenge DfE guidance

Early years providers have come together to raise money to challenge the Department for Education’s ...
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Sector condemns Chancellor’s omission of early years

Early years leaders have criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves' failure to mention the sector in today's ...
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Childcare costs fall for under-threes in England

Working parents of children under three in England now pay less than half of last ...
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Nurseries set to cut places and raise fees in response to policy changes

Most nurseries are likely to cut the number of three- and four-year old funded places ...
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Call for government to extend funded childcare to migrant families

The government should extend funded childcare to migrant and refugee families, according to a report ...
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New guidance to help nurseries make most of funding rise

The Education Endowment Foundation has published guidance to help nurseries make the most of the ...
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Supervised toothbrushing for children to prevent tooth decay 

Nurseries in the most deprived areas of England are to receive government funding to help ...
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Council votes against plans to remove 150 funded places from PVI sector

Falkirk councillors have voted against proposals to remove 150 funded places from private providers.
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Council plans to bring 150 private nursery places in-house

A Scottish council plans to commission 150 fewer funded places from private nurseries in a ...
4 months
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Sector reacts to DfE “cheaper childcare” claim

The early years sector has condemned a Department for Education advert on Facebook which claims ...
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Government guidance on extra charges could “seriously threaten sustainability”

Government guidance which aims to prevent childcare providers from what it describes as “overcharging” could ...
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NIC rises force nurseries to raise fees by 10%

Increases to National Insurance contributions will force nurseries to raise fees by 10% and put ...
5 months
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MPs vote against childcare exemption from National Insurance rises

MPs spoke out about the impact of National Insurance rises on nurseries this week as ...
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Average childcare fees rose by 9% last year, according to DfE

Average childcare fees for under-twos increased by 9.1% between 2023 and 2024 in England, according ...
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New funding rates fail to mitigate “crippling” NI increases according to sector

Rises to hourly funding rates do not come close to covering “crippling” and “catastrophic” rises in ...
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MPs debate impact of National Insurance contributions

MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons on the impact of  the government’s ...
7 months
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Kindred to expand with new private equity backing

Kindred Nurseries is planning to expand its nursery network to 100 settings with investment from ...
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Wales commits to annual childcare funding review

The Welsh government has committed to review the hourly rate paid to childcare providers annually ...
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“Catastrophic” NI changes force fee increases and nursery closures

The Early Years Alliance (EYA) is calling for the government to commit to funding National ...
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Childcare Works develops free tools to help providers

Childcare Works has developed a range of government-funded resources to help providers and schools deliver ...
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Registered two-year-olds for 15 hours drops while spaces increase

Ofsted have published figures today that reveal a decrease in early years providers but a ...
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ONS analysis: funded childcare less accessible in low income areas

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysis revealed that families in affluent areas have more ...
1 year
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Your Co-op Little Pioneers relaunches nursery following significant investment

Your Co-op Little Pioneers is relaunching one of its Bristol nursery settings after a £435k ...
1 year
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Spring Budget 2024: Chancellor commits to childcare funding rates

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today pledged to “guarantee rates” for nurseries as part of the government’s ...
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Nursery relaunches following £355k investment

Local nursery and pre-school, Your Co-op Childcare Stonehouse has relaunched following a £355k investment. Located ...
1 year
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“Temporary fix” for parents unable to access funded entitlement

The Department for Education has created a temporary fix for parents who are unable to ...
1 year
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Councils’ concern over sector’s capacity to deliver funded hours

Local authorities do not believe there will be enough childcare spaces to meet the expansion ...
1 year
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Government urged to review early years funding rates in London

The London Mayor should lobby the government to review early years funding rates in the ...
1 year
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“Chaos” as only one in ten parents able to access funding code

Only 11% of parents eligible for the extended funding for two-year-olds have received the code ...
1 year
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Early years funding shortfall costing parents £1000 a year

According to figures published by the Liberal Democrats, parents of three- and four-year olds accessing ...
2 years
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Storal obtains investment for future growth

The group was founded by Varun Chanrai and Ashwin Grover in 2016 and has continue ...
2 years
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Rise in National Living Wage “likely to spell disaster” without funding increase

The Chancellor’s commitment to increase the National Living Wage to more than £11 an hour ...
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Workforce must grow by 8% to deliver funded hours expansion

The early years workforce needs to expand by 8% to meet demand linked to increased ...
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Nursery closures up by 50% says NDNA

Nursery closures increased by 50% this year, according to research by National Day Nurseries Association ...
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Poorest children will see little benefit from funding expansion

The poorest third of families will see almost no direct benefit from new funding entitlements, ...
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FOI investigation reveals only two local authorities are increasing funding

According to an investigation by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Scotland, only two local authorities ...
2 years
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Government reveals funding rates for childcare expansion

The government has revealed its proposed average funding rate for the expansion of funded childcare ...
2 years
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Early Years Alliance launches funding survey

The Early Years Alliance funding survey has launched for both providers and parents/carers on the ...
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Nine in ten councils concerned about nursery capacity

Almost nine in ten councils fear nursery closures will undermine the government’s proposed extension of ...
2 years
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Findel Foundation launches

Educational resources supplier Findel has launched a long-term initiative to provide ongoing support to a ...
3 years
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The Duke of Westminster’s Charitable Foundation funds five year partnership with LEYF Nurseries

As the cost of living crisis deepens and with over 600,000 of London’s children now living in ...
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LEYF secures £1.5m financing through Triodos Bank Charity Bond 

The financing will help deliver on LEYF’s first year of strategy and expansion of high quality ...
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Gymfinity Kids raises over £5m to support next stages of expansion

Gymfinity Kids, the UK’s first and only provider of clubs and nurseries has raised over ...
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Happy Days Nurseries completes on investment by Zetland Capital

TLT has acted for longstanding client Happy Days Nurseries – a South West based childcare ...
3 years
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New Flexible Childcare facility opens in Dundee

Following an asset transfer from Dundee City Council, and thanks to funding from the Social ...
3 years
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N Family Club closes £42.5 million investment round

Nursery group, N Family Club, today announced that Gresham House would join existing investor the ...
3 years
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Charitable Social Enterprise, LEYF, launches Charity Bond as first step in next phase of growth

One of the UK’s largest charitable social enterprises, London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), is launching ...
3 years
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OakNorth Bank provides loan to Strawberry Fields Nursery and Preschool to pursue buy and build strategy

OakNorth Bank has provided growth capital to Strawberry Fields Nursery and Preschool, to pursue a ...
3 years
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Findel secures £18m sustainability-linked loan facility from Santander UK

Educational resources supplier Findel has secured what is believed to be the UK education supplies ...
3 years
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Melrose Education secures loan to pursue a targeted buy and build

OakNorth Bank has provided growth capital to Innervation Capital Partners, to support the “buy and build” ...
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