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Aug 2024
Club Central Conference 2024
Designed exclusively for out of school clubs, the Club Central Conference is back for 2024 and Morton Michel is delighted to support the event as a Gold Sponsor.
Industry news and insight
The latest news, views and industry insight from Morton Michel.
News, views and industry insight
This page is regularly updated to keep you informed on what's happening at Morton Michel and in the childcare sector.
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Aug 2024
Draft Changes to National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to Encourage Nursery Provision
The latest draft of the NPPF includes both early years and post-16 education, meaning local authorities will have to give ‘great weight’ to such considerations when reviewing planning applications.
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Aug 2024
Fewer Disadvantaged Two-Year Olds Registered for Funded Early Education
Official statistics show that the number of 2 year olds registered for their entitlement of 15 hours’ childcare has declined from almost 150,000 in 2019 to just under 116,000 today.
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Aug 2024
Expansion Fund Underutilised According to NDNA Research
According to a series of Freedom of Information requests by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), more than 95% of the funds have yet to be spent.
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Aug 2024
Labour Sets Realist Tone for Childcare Policy Roll Out
The new Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said the roll out will not be the ‘sunlit uplands’ the Tories promised and admitted there are ‘enormous gaps to fill’.