[PDF] Top 20 Childcare: failing to meet the needs of working parents

... While parents’ decisions about work are complex and based on numerous factors including childcare, evaluation results from the Childcare Affordability Pilots published in May 2011 demonstrate the ... See full document

... of parents are having to work at times which have traditionally been regarded as ‘family times’ such as evenings and ...many parents, rather than the ...recent childcare policies focus on formal ... See full document

... The focus of the new Code of practice is on inclusive practice, removing barriers to learning and providing high quality provision to meet the needs of children and young people. The Code clearly lays out ... See full document

... how parents experience parenting ...post parents to appropriate support to meet their ...the parents have understood or experienced that support, or, the impact they feel it has made on their ... See full document

... lone parents in seeking to coordinate work, childcare and education by reducing travel ...some parents who were childminders and others who ran different sorts of businesses from ...children’s ... See full document

... their childcare needs, including 46 per cent who said the hours were making a ‘great deal’ of ...five parents (42%) felt the 30 hours offer gave them more flexibility over the number of hours they ... See full document

... few parents had not accessed any childcare at all in the last year (11% of all ...used childcare, this was often because families had older school-age children or because they preferred to look after ... See full document

... local childcare provision, if any, would be most helpful for making it better suited to their ...needs. Parents were most likely to say more affordable childcare (26%, a fall from 32% in ... See full document

... whether parents reported that it was difficult or very difficult to cover childcare ...Lone parents were more likely than couples to find it difficult (see Table ...of parents reporting that ... See full document

... of parents who reported that their main provider was open during the school holidays (39%) and demand for holiday opening remains ...of parents working early mornings (before 8am) or evenings (after ... See full document

... Free early education, Children’s Centres and extended schools tested well with parents. Early education provision appeals because it is free, government run and targeted at children aged three and four (who are ... See full document

... not Working Tax Credit) and with an annual gross household income not over £16,190; were in a household in receipt of Working Tax Credits and with an annual gross household income not over £16,190; had a ... See full document

... All children need early childhood workers to take the time to discover how best to meet their specific needs. Like all children, our children need to see their families reflected and represented positively. ... See full document

... these needs. It is found that teachers have professional development needs in the areas of “extracurricular and classroom activities”, “instructional programs and evaluation” “teachers-student relation- ... See full document

... of parents said the information available to them about childcare in their local area was ‘about ...of parents were unsure, while 2% felt there was too much ...information. Parents were most ... See full document

... 16 participants (n=20) reported that using the scenarios made them think about how they mentored a student. They reported that the scenarios made them reflect upon their own mentoring role especially in relation to the ... See full document

... a working, Electrical Engineer quickly became years and were accompanied by the joys of marriage, raising children and a career filled with mostly ups but some ...the working world there was no doubt in his ... See full document

... FE colleges used to be required to record information about the destination of students completing courses (for the LSC’s ISR database): however, as noted in Section 2, in most cases (60%) the destination of ‘completers’ ... See full document

... VISUAL DISPLAY: Consider how to support students who have visual impairments. Set clear expectations upfront for the visual display; provide a rubric or checklist and make sure students understand grading. The make-up of ... See full document

... Preparing graduates for the professions using scenario-based learning b Problem~based scenarios Problem-based scenarios centre on the use of scenario-based learning to engage students in[r] ... See full document