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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.

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

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Monday, January 8, 2024

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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

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.

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

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Friday, July 7, 2023

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The number of disadvantaged two-year-olds registered for 15-hour childcare is now the lowest ever, according to the latest official statistics, while the number of children of working parents registered for the 30-hour entitlement is at its highest.

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.

Busy Bees Altrincham rated 'inadequate' as children 'exposed to undue risks'

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

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Busy Bees’ Altrincham setting has been rated inadequate after inspectors found children were left to play unsupervised with ‘tiny’ bottles of bubble mixture, which they could drink or choke on.

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.

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.

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.

Early years is ‘an invisible workforce’ - report

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

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More than nine in ten workers in the early years sector feel they are not respected by Government and policymakers, while seven in ten feel a lack of respect from the public, according to a survey from early childhood platform Famly.

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

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Friday, April 29, 2022

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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.

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

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Monday, April 11, 2022

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High workload and workplace stress are significant factors leading to 44 per cent of teachers to say they plan to leave teaching in the next five years.

Childcare booking platform designed to boost nurseries' occupancy rates to expand

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Monday, February 28, 2022

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A new platform that allows parents to book ad hoc sessions at their childcare setting is being expanded across the country following a successful pilot.

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.

Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

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The number of early years staff absent from work because of Covid-19 has dropped slightly, reveal DfE figures for the end of January.

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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New statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) show that 13 per cent of staff working in nurseries and childminder settings were absent from work due to Coronavirus mid-January.

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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An equality fund to make Scottish workplaces, including childcare settings, more inclusive and diverse has been launched by the Scottish Government.

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

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Friday, January 14, 2022

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Around one in five early years staff were off work due to Covid during the first week of the new term, a new snap poll by the National Day Nurseries Association has found.

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

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In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

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

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

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

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

Busy Bees Altrincham rated 'inadequate' as children 'exposed to undue risks'

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

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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

Early years is ‘an invisible workforce’ - report

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

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

Childcare booking platform designed to boost nurseries' occupancy rates to expand

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

Covid forces the permanent closure of two nurseries

Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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