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One month on from the spring budget statement

AtomicDigitalMarekting June 4, 2025

On 15th March 2023, Jeremy Hunt MP announced in his Spring Budget a pledge to invest £289 million over two years from September 2024, to enable Local Authorities to encourage the development and extension of school based wraparound childcare from 8am to 6pm. This policy commitment is one that seeks to address availability rather than affordability of school aged childcare in England. An aligned move to remove the Universal Credit claim cap and uplift the amount paid by the Childcare element of Universal Credit is seen as sufficient measures to support the affordability challenge for families. At the Out of School Alliance, we reacted quickly issuing a press release which was picked up in a number of media outlets. Rebekah Jackson Reece, Managing Director of OOSA, met with Department for Education for comment and consultation within 48 hours of the announcement being made by HM Treasury. As a result of a

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Staff Qualifications Ensuring Your Team Has the Right Skills

AtomicDigitalMarekting June 4, 2025

With so many reasons to be worried at the moment, it’s no wonder that many small business owners are suffering from symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. That is why it is important to take a bit of time out for yourself, and focus on something outside of your immediate concerns. Just for a little while, try to stop thinking about your family, your business, the children and your staff, and dedicate a little time to just looking after yourself. We’ve collected together some suggestions for how to treat yourself whilst not leaving home – and all of them are free or very cheap. Relax and enjoy! Calm your mind Calm has put together a collection called Calm Together, consisting of its favourite meditations, calming exercises, sleep stories and music. All the resources are completely free to use and share.https://www.calm.com/blog/take-a-deep-breath Insight Timer has 45,000 guided meditations to help you relax, sleep better, lift

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AtomicDigitalMarekting June 4, 2025

If your out of school club is registered on Ofsted’s Early Years Register the legal requirements for the staffing levels at your setting are specified in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. If your club is registered on Ofsted’s Childcare Register the legal requirements are specified in Annex C of the Early Years and Childcare Registration Handbook. (Not sure whether your club should be registered with Ofsted? See our information about Ofsted registration.) Background The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage originally had a very clear requirement that you must have a minimum of two members of staff on duty at all times, even if you only had one child present at your club, but this was quietly dropped in the 2012 version. However, the requirement to have two members of staff on duty was preserved for settings on the Childcare Register until it was updated in September 2014. Since then there

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