We ran our regular survey of UK nursery operators this September to better understand current performance and key issues, as well as views on the outlook for the sector. We will publish our full results shortly but thought that it would be useful to share some key perspectives in advance of that.
First, September occupancy while ahead of 2022 levels is still trailing pre-Covid levels, and for 40 per cent of respondents, it has been behind where they expected to be at the start of the year. This softer-than-expected September is a result of two factors:
The staffing situation, however, is at least not getting worse. Most operators reported that recruitment and retention have either remained the same or improved from this point last year.
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