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Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

Friday, January 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co is predicting more consolidation among nursery operators and a continued loss of capacity as a result of smaller settings closing, in market predictions for the year ahead.

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

News

Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years professionals explain what they want the sector, and their own operations, to achieve in the year ahead, against the backdrop of ongoing challenges

Our working relationship: Creating a recipe for success!

Features

Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Gemma works closely with Conchobar to create menus for children that are both well-balanced and nutritious, tailored to children’s preferences. Being situated in an area where many parents are facing financial difficulties has also mobilised staff at Marks Gate Nursery to help families facing hardship, creating a real sense of community.

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

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Friday, December 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The Childbase Partnership is launching a scheme in January to reward employees for a perfect attendance record with up to ‘20 extra paid days off’ work a year.

Concerns childminders will cease to exist as DfE survey reveals a 5 per cent drop in childcare providers

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

| Nursery World

The latest DfE Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey shows the number of early years providers has fallen by 5 per cent in a year, mainly driven by a loss of 3,200 childminders.

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

News

Friday, November 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Catherine Gaunt spoke to Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education, about the findings of Ofsted's Annual Report for 2022-23.

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.

LONG READ: NW's cost of living survey finds low pay places even highly qualified staff in dire straits

News

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Nursery World’s cost-of-living survey reveals the financial plight of most sector workers, who say they are worried about paying for rising bills. By Katy Morton and Catherine Gaunt

Management Queries: Is babysitting out of hours acceptable?

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Should early years settings allow their staff members to carry out babysitting work for parents in their own time? Gabriella Jozwiak asks our panel

HR Guru: Neonatal Leave

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on maternity rights.

Early years maths scheme to expand nationally

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| Nursery World

The early years ‘maths champions’ programme run by the National Day Nurseries Association is being expanded nationally with funding from the Education Endowment Foundation.

Prime minister sets out plan to combine A Levels and T Levels

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

| Nursery World

A Levels and T Levels will be combined into British Standard Qualification for 16- to -19-year-olds.

Early years workforce must grow by 8 per cent to deliver the expansion of the 30 hours

News

Friday, September 29, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector will need 27,500 staff to meet increased demand when the extended entitlement comes in, finds new research.

Our working relationship: ‘We really do have be Jacks of all trades'

Features

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| Nursery World

Becky Watanbe, early years trainer and consultant, and Kim Langstaff, early years manager, work at Acorn Early Years Foundation,a charitable social enterprise which operates 17 nurseries, several out-of-school clubs, Forest School provision, a catering service and training centre.

HR Guru: ‘Menstrual leave’

Features

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| Nursery World

Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on helping staff who need extra support due to their period.