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Survey reveals falling confidence in 1,140 hour childcare scheme

News

Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

Almost half of private nurseries in Scotland are unlikely to offer extended childcare, the NDNA annual survey suggests.

Mixed response to DfE's new model agreement

News

Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years settings will not be able to force parents to pay for extras as a condition of taking up a free childcare place, the Department for Education has reiterated in a model agreement.

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

News

Friday, February 10, 2023

| Nursery World

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the Chancellor to invest £8.9bn into the early years ahead of the Spring Budget next month (15 March).

Nursery Management Supplement 2023: Pursuit for quality settings leads M&A activity

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

The market for acquisitions has slowed due to problems in the economy and concerns over staffing, but high-quality settings remain favourable targets. By Annette Rawstrone

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

Nursery Management: Finance - Signs of growth

Features

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| Nursery World

A challenging economic climate and increased caution from banks has left some nurseries unable to expand in the past few years. Katy Morton finds indications that things may be improving

Birmingham Council to review the cost of living wage for nurseries

News

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Birmingham Council has commissioned an independent review into the affordability for early years providers of paying staff the living wage.

Nursery group secures £8m to grow business

News

Friday, February 17, 2017

| Nursery World

A south-east nursery group has secured multi-million pound investment to fund expansion to more than 20 sites.

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

News

Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the 30-hour pilot areas concludes there is 'no specific reason' to believe that the policy will not be a success.

Rise in staff costs risks nursery 'casualties', warns NDNA

News

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of nurseries are facing a hike of between 5- to- 12 per cent to their staffing costs due to the rise in wages and pensions from 1 April.

Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research

News

Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

A new DfE report on providers’ finances shows that the hourly fee charged by settings for three- and four-year-old places is on average 58p higher than what they receive in funding.

Business - On a budget

Features

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Following the Chancellor's speech, what’s the latest on sources of financial support, and how can settings budget at this uncertain time? Gary Croxon, Early Years Alliance service hub manager, reports

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

News

Thursday, November 25, 2021

| Nursery World

The hourly funding rate paid by the Government to local authorities for the three-and four-year-old entitlements will rise by 17p an hour in most local authority areas in England from April, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

News

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Less than 2 per cent of nurseries say the Government funding they receive to provide universal childcare for three-and four-year-olds covers their delivery costs, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association, which also found that closures have risen by 87 per cent.

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

News

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

There has been a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of available childcare places across England over the past year, with just half of local authorities reporting sufficiency of places for children under two.

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

News

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

| Nursery World

Cross-party MPs are warning the Government has more work to do with its incoming childcare policies to ensure children benefit from high-quality affordable early years education to help parents and providers.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

News

Monday, January 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance

News

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Councils are being encouraged to transfer early entitlement funding between early years settings if it helps them to create enough childcare places for key worker children.

Nurseries invited to take part in National Living Wage survey

News

Friday, July 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a survey to assess the impact the National Living Wage will have on providers.

Nursery Management: Property - Ready cash

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Sale-and-leaseback schemes offer a chance for both new and established providers to release capital. Courteney Donaldson, director and head of childcare at Christie & Co, sets out the detail.

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

News

Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

More details of how early years providers can apply for grants of up to £50,000 in social investment funding have been released.

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Business Support - Stretch marks

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

What next for those who won capital funding to extend their settings before September? – and for the many who did not get a grant, what other options are there? asks Karen Faux

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

News

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

It's not 'free', it's funded!

Opinion

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government needs to come clean to parents that 30 hours funding will force providers to charge for 'extra' services, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of Pre-school Learning Alliance

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Survey reveals falling confidence in 1,140 hour childcare scheme

Mixed response to DfE's new model agreement

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

Nursery Management Supplement 2023: Pursuit for quality settings leads M&A activity

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

Nursery Management: Finance - Signs of growth

Birmingham Council to review the cost of living wage for nurseries

Nursery group secures £8m to grow business

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

Rise in staff costs risks nursery 'casualties', warns NDNA

Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research

Business - On a budget

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance

Nurseries invited to take part in National Living Wage survey

Nursery Management: Property - Ready cash

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Business Support - Stretch marks

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

It's not 'free', it's funded!

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