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Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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A quarter of nurseries (25 per cent) in England, Wales and Scotland had to partially close between March and May, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association and the Education Policy Institute.

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.

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.

Busy Bees Childcare nursery reopens after closing due to lack of staff

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Monday, September 13, 2021

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The country’s largest childcare provider, Busy Bees, has reopened its Plymouth setting after temporarily closing it due to a shortage of qualified staff.

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.

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.

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.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

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.

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.

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

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Nanny agency Koru Kids has applied to become an Ofsted registered childminding agency, with the ambition of creating 9,000 new nanny and childminder jobs.

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

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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.

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).

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

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.

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.

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’.

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).

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.

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Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

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

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

Busy Bees Childcare nursery reopens after closing due to lack of staff

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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

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

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

Nanny association BAPN to close

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

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

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

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

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

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

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

Covid forces the permanent closure of two nurseries

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