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30 hours: How nurseries are making ends meet

Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery World has spoken to a number of nurseries, including groups and standalone settings, across the country to find out how they are making the 30 hours work.

Dizzy Ducks offers mobile wedding creche

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Since August, the nursery group, based in Essex, has been providing childcare and entertainment for children of wedding guests, customising its services for any number of children, based on venue allowances and staff numbers.

Cheshire-based Elmscot expands and starts out-of-school franchise

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Friday, August 31, 2018

| Nursery World

The Elmscot group of nurseries and out-of-school clubs has acquired its sixth nursery, with backing from Santander to grow the group.

Irish nurseries investigated by police

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Three nurseries in Dublin are being investigated by police following reports of the mistreatment of children in their care.

Police investigate nursery sexual assault

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Five men have been arrested in Worcestershire after a child told their family that they had been sexually abused at a Bright Eyes nursery.

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Busy Bees has sensationally resigned from the chair of the early years trailblazer group after trying for 18 months to get the Level 3 apprenticeship standard released, Nursery World can reveal.

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance will be changing its name to the Early Years Alliance from next year as part of plans to re-brand.

Education Secretary questioned in Parliament over our 30 hours investigation

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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

| Nursery World

A leading MP has called for the Government to better evaluate the impact of its policies after our investigation found that the 30 hours offer is penalising disadvantaged children.

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE is looking for a national training partner to take on the next stage of the Early Years Professional Development Fund, the children’s minister told delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has bought My Family Care, including the Tinies nanny franchises.

Take part in our free webinar about nursery security with Almas Industries – plus survey findings

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Monday, December 4, 2023

| Nursery World

Join Nursery World for our security seminar with Almas Industries on 18 January to find out what you can do to make your early years setting safe, and read on for the findings of our security and safeguarding survey which will underpin the discussion.

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Sector leaders and experts have welcomed the Chancellor’s focus on childcare reform in the Budget, but warn the funding promised will not solve the current crisis, and there is no detail as yet on funding rates for providers of the expanded 30-hour offer.

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A nursery group which operates settings around RAF stations has been awarded more than £250,000 by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, on behalf of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund.

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Community, which represents early years professionals, is launching its Early Years Charter, which sets out the 'key' workforce changes it would like the Government to implement.

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| Nursery World

The early years skills gap has increased by over 2 per cent in the last five years, putting ‘immense pressure' on setting managers’ workloads and stress levels’, according to new research.

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

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Monday, October 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Storal nursery group has secured investment to expand with a new private equity provider, and has bought a 123-place nursery in Manchester.

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Alpha Nurseries, a group of more than 20 nurseries and out-of-school clubs, with a head office in Ipswich, has announced the immediate closure of all its settings.

Coronavirus: Nursery owners to discuss their experiences of reopening in a free digital conference

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

An online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, will be broadcast on 16 June, two weeks on from the date that many settings in England reopened their doors.

Early years workforce: 'Forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

| Nursery World

One in 8 childcare workers is paid less than £5 an hour and many are forced to take on second jobs to make ends meet, a report commissioned by the Government’s Social Mobility Commission has found.

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30 hours: How nurseries are making ends meet

Dizzy Ducks offers mobile wedding creche

Cheshire-based Elmscot expands and starts out-of-school franchise

Irish nurseries investigated by police

Police investigate nursery sexual assault

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

Education Secretary questioned in Parliament over our 30 hours investigation

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care

Take part in our free webinar about nursery security with Almas Industries – plus survey findings

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

Coronavirus: Nursery owners to discuss their experiences of reopening in a free digital conference

Early years workforce: 'Forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector

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