Nurseries across the UK 'at risk of mass closures'

Nurseries across the UK 'at risk of mass closures'

Simultaneously, local authority funding increases are insufficient to cover escalating expenses, leaving many nurseries operating at a financial…

Why childcare providers will be forced to limit funded places and increase prices

The Early Years Alliance has warned childcare providers face a ‘perfect storm of challenges’

State funding of daycare seems poor value for money

Is the huge additional money being put into daycare by the State providing value for money from a taxpayer point of view? To judge from a recent ESRI study, the answer is no. The effect of the particular means-tested daycare subsidy under examination by the ESRI article was to attract only 1,100 additional mothers into the workplace at a cost of €160 million, or €150,000 each. Does that seem like value from money? If you recall, a year ago Irish…

Parents set to face shortages of government-funded early years places and rising costs as nurseries and childminders face “perfect storm” of government policy changes, new survey finds

Parents set to face shortages of government-funded early years places and rising costs as nurseries and childminders face “perfect storm” of government policy changes, new survey finds Nearly six in 10 early years settings in England are likely to cut the number of three-and four-year-old funded places they offer, or opt out of offering funded places for this age group entirely, with a quarter of providers likely to do the same for funded two-ye…

Childcare providers warn of cuts to funded places

Nurseries, preschools and childminders face a ‘perfect storm of challenges’ amid the expansion of the Government's funded childcare scheme, survey reveals.