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

Friday, January 12, 2024

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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.

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

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Friday, December 15, 2023

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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

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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.

Ofsted research highlights the need for leaders to prioritise the prime areas so children learn 'what they need'

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Friday, September 8, 2023

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Ofsted has published the second part of its early years research review, which aims to support practitioners in raising the quality of early education.

Call for childcare staff to be paid a minimum of £15 per hour to reverse recruitment crisis

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

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The TUC is calling for a ‘comprehensive’ strategy for the care workforce in England as new analysis shows every region in England is struggling to recruit early years staff.

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

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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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.

Settings forced to reduce spending on food and resources, risking their quality of care - survey

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

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Around 7 in 10 nurseries and childminders have had to cut spending on food, materials and equipment to reduce costs, which many say has negatively impacted their 'service', reveal Department for Education (DfE) figures.

Nursery group Childbase named in Sunday Times 'Best Place To Work' list

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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The Childbase Partnership, which owns and manages 44 nurseries, has been named as one of the top 40 ‘Best Places to Work’ in the UK.

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

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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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.

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

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Sector organisations have welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis.

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

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

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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.

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

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Early childhood platform Famly has launched a new hub of articles, videos and webinars providing specialist business advice for the sector.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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Monday, January 16, 2023

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A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

Number of early years providers fallen by 10 per cent over four years

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

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New DfE statistics reveal between 2018 and 2022, that the number of early years providers has fallen by 10 per cent.

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

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Friday, December 2, 2022

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A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

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Monday, November 14, 2022

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The research, carried out by Ofsted, outlines what 'high-quality' early years curriculum and pedagogy looks like to support practitioners to help children to catch up, particularly with communication and social skills.

Childbase staff to receive £3,000 in bonuses to help with cost-of-living crisis

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

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Nursery group Childbase Partnership is helping staff with soaring bills with tax-free bonuses of up to £3,000, and raising salaries by an average of 8 per cent.

Latest on Welcome Nurseries: Group sells 26 settings as it goes into administration

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

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Welcome Nurseries – the fourth largest nursery group in the UK – has gone through a pre-packaged administration sale of 26 of its settings, leaving the fate of the remaining nurseries and its staff unclear.

Ofsted - Children continue to be behind developmentally due to Covid

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

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Children’s language development, social interaction and gross motor skills continue to be impacted by the pandemic, according to new research from the inspectorate.

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the country have been impacted by the pandemic, staffing challenges and sustained Government underfunding.

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

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Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Covid forces the permanent closure of two nurseries

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Monday, February 14, 2022

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A setting operated by Storal Learning has shut down due to a lack of staff and inability to recruit, exacerbated by the pandemic, while another nursery run by an education trust is to close because it is no longer financially viable.

DfE figures show 4,000 early years providers have closed in the last two years

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

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There has been a loss of around 4,000 early years providers in the last two years, resulting in 7,300 fewer childcare places, according to new data from the Department for Education (DfE).

Nanny association BAPN to close

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Monday, December 6, 2021

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BAPN, the Professional Association for Nannies, will cease trading at the end of the month (31 December).

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten early years settings are struggling to recruit staff and half of them are having to turn away new parents because of staff shortages, sector research suggests.

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

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

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

Ofsted research highlights the need for leaders to prioritise the prime areas so children learn 'what they need'

Call for childcare staff to be paid a minimum of £15 per hour to reverse recruitment crisis

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

Settings forced to reduce spending on food and resources, risking their quality of care - survey

Nursery group Childbase named in Sunday Times 'Best Place To Work' list

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

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

Early years action group to stage protest in March

Number of early years providers fallen by 10 per cent over four years

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

Childbase staff to receive £3,000 in bonuses to help with cost-of-living crisis

Latest on Welcome Nurseries: Group sells 26 settings as it goes into administration

Ofsted - Children continue to be behind developmentally due to Covid

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Covid forces the permanent closure of two nurseries

DfE figures show 4,000 early years providers have closed in the last two years

Nanny association BAPN to close

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

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