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Cost of living crisis will put further pressure on parents with young children, warns report

Thursday, May 26, 2022

| Nursery World

New analysis highlights the increasing pressures on parents of under-fives over the last 20 years, and warns that financial pressures will be heightened by the cost of living crisis.

Tax-Free Childcare continues to be used by less than half the families eligible

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

| Nursery World

The number of families using Tax-Free Childcare has increased by more than 130,000 in the last year, reveal new HMRC statistics.

Nursery groups continue to grow

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons and Thrive Childcare and Education have each bought a new site.

Government commits to children's social care reform after review calls for a 'fundamental reset'

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Monday, May 23, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government has committed to major reforms to children’s social care in response to an independent review calling for change to a system which is ‘spiralling out of control’.

YMCA to open new nursery in the summer

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Monday, May 23, 2022

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YMCA is to open a nursery in its new Newark and Sherwood Community and Activity Village – a community space integrating family programmes, education, sports and arts facilities - this summer.

Sarah Mackenzie starts new role as CEO of Storal Learning

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Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Storal Learning has appointed Sarah Mackenzie as the nursery group’s new chief executive.

Kids Planet grows to 113 settings with purchase of three-site nursery group

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Friday, May 20, 2022

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Kids Planet, the UK’s third largest nursery group, has bought the Little Acorns (Huddersfield) Day Nursery group of three settings in West Yorkshire.

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

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Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Ministers urged to 'think carefully' when introducing new policies to reduce childcare costs

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Friday, May 20, 2022

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The Government is being urged to ‘think carefully’ about how to support parents who need help with childcare costs as research highlights how current policies support a minority of families.

Childcare consultancy joins forces with education law firm

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

| Nursery World

Strategy consultants Cairneagle, who have advised on major childcare deals, have merged with leading law firm and education specialists VWV.

Report lays bare the impact of Covid on four and five-year-olds' development

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

| Nursery World

The pandemic adversely affected young children’s development with fewer reaching ‘expected’ levels by the end of Reception, according to new research.

Government responds to petition against relaxation of childcare ratios

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

| Nursery World

Within its response to a petition against changing ratios, the Government has explained its rationale behind proposals to raise the number of two-year-olds that one member of staff can care for in early years settings in England.