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Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Nursery schools will be able to charge parents for hours outside the free entitlement, in changes to be introduced under the Education Bill.

Teaching union creates early years council

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘sector council’ which aims to raise the profile of early years by lobbying on key issues has been created by NAHT.

Nursery group chooses centres of excellence

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Nursery chain Busy Bees has chosen five of its settings to become 'centres of excellence' as part of a new best-practice initiative.

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for consultation today.

Bright Horizons buys four-strong London group

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

| Nursery World

The UK’s second largest nursery chain Bright Horizons has bought Little Unicorn Day Nurseries, a group of four nurseries in London.

Early years leaders honoured

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Friday, November 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Two of the UK’s leading early years experts and trainers have been honoured for their exemplary leadership in the sector.

Kids 1st claims top spot

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| Nursery World

Nursery group Kids 1st has retained its number one place in this year’s Nursery Chains quality table, with all of its inspected nurseries graded outstanding.

Last chance to take part in our survey into work-related health

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| Nursery World

We know many people who work in nurseries experience physical problems: nearly 90 per cent of you reported experiencing back pain in a 2011 survey.

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Every children's centre outreach service could soon have to comply with a set of core principles and standards, under draft plans by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Birmingham puts council nurseries out to tender

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

| Nursery World

All council-run nurseries in Birmingham have been put out to tender by the council in the hope that they will be taken on by private, voluntary or social enterprise providers.

Ex-nursery manager sentenced for online child sex abuse

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Alison Whateley from Farnham, Surrey, has been found guilty of watching online videos of young children being sexually assaulted.

All About Children adds four nurseries, as it continues rapid expansion

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Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

All About Children has acquired a group of four settings bringing the total number of nurseries in the group to 33.

Nursery opens with a dedicated performance space

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

| Nursery World

Bright Minds Daycare has opened a second setting with a room featuring a grand piano.

NDNA launches its workforce surveys for Scotland and Wales

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Friday, May 17, 2019

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in the NDNA’s latest workforce surveys.

Welsh nurseries awarded £7.7m in capital funding for 30 hours

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has allocated the extra money for nurseries to open or refurbish existing sites to expand 30-hour childcare.

Exclusive: I don't understand anxiety over new handbooks, says Ofsted chief

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Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

The Ofsted chief inspector has said anxiety about the creation of a two-tier system for early years inspections has been ‘whipped up’ by a handful of early years representatives.

New sector-led project aims to overcome recruitment crisis

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

| Nursery World

A new research project to tackle the recruitment challenges faced by the early years and childcare sector is launching next month.

Nursery groups continue to expand

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Bertram Nurseries and Kids Planet have added more settings.

More than 80 per cent of providers good or outstanding under EIF

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Speaking today at the Nursery World Business Summit, Pennie Akehurst, managing director of Early Years Fundamentals, said early analysis of Ofsted inspections under the new framework paints an 'encouraging picture'.

New early years resource to help settings promote sustainability

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

| Nursery World

A new online toolkit to help nurseries become more sustainable and tackle the climate emergency is now available.

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

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Monday, March 9, 2020

| Nursery World

A petition calling for business rates to be scrapped for childcare providers in England has been re-launched.

Scottish childcare settings in nearly half of local authorities don't know their new funding rate

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Nearly half of councils in Scotland have yet to make a decision on the hourly rates they will pay childcare providers from next week, reveals a FOI.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries fight for ‘no win, no fee’ court action on Covid losses

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

A law firm is expecting to represent 100 nurseries whose policies did not pay out for business losses due to Covid-19. By Catherine Gaunt

Busy Bees acquires three nurseries in Hampshire

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Friday, August 26, 2022

| Nursery World

Busy Bees Childcare, the largest nursery group in the UK, has bought Egg Day Nurseries, a family-owned organisation located in Andover and Winchester, which offers a total of 181 places for children.

Pole position for brave nursery owner

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

An intrepid nursery owner has trekked to the North Pole to raise money for the Bristol Children's Hospital.

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Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

Teaching union creates early years council

Nursery group chooses centres of excellence

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

Bright Horizons buys four-strong London group

Early years leaders honoured

Kids 1st claims top spot

Last chance to take part in our survey into work-related health

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

Birmingham puts council nurseries out to tender

Ex-nursery manager sentenced for online child sex abuse

All About Children adds four nurseries, as it continues rapid expansion

Nursery opens with a dedicated performance space

NDNA launches its workforce surveys for Scotland and Wales

Welsh nurseries awarded £7.7m in capital funding for 30 hours

Exclusive: I don't understand anxiety over new handbooks, says Ofsted chief

New sector-led project aims to overcome recruitment crisis

Nursery groups continue to expand

More than 80 per cent of providers good or outstanding under EIF

New early years resource to help settings promote sustainability

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

Scottish childcare settings in nearly half of local authorities don't know their new funding rate

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries fight for ‘no win, no fee’ court action on Covid losses

Busy Bees acquires three nurseries in Hampshire

Pole position for brave nursery owner

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