It’s not just in the South of England that we are seeing ‘hugely competitive buyer appetite at present’ (online, 2 November). In the past three weeks, Nursery World has reported on a raft of new nursery acquisitions, with groups throughout the country considerably expanding their places. There seems to be no halting this consolidation, with groups now accounting for more than 50 per cent of childcare on non-domestic premises – and rising fast.
Waking up to this market development, Ofsted is calling for ‘stronger oversight’ of multiples as part of its individual inspections, whereby it will seek to monitor how decisions made centrally affect the care and education of children in individual sites (see Interview, page 13).
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