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Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

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

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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

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users with children aged 13-18 reveal that more than 60 per cent would be concerned their child would be ‘stuck making the tea’ if they were to choose an apprenticeship.

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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Friday, March 26, 2021

| Nursery World

With new findings revealing settings have been heavily reliant on the furlough scheme, there are fears nurseries would struggle with a sudden rise in demand for places.

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

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

| Nursery World

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

| 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.

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report warns the nursery sector is ‘at threat of being damaged’ as smaller settings get taken over by large corporate companies that are ‘profit-focused’.

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

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

| Nursery World

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

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

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Monday, February 28, 2022

| Nursery World

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.

Three directors leave Family First as one of UK's largest nursery groups 'evolves' its leadership team

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Friday, September 22, 2023

| Nursery World

The chief executive of Family First, along with two other directors, have left the nursery group.

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

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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.

Early years is ‘an invisible workforce’ - report

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

| Nursery World

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.

Sector invited to contribute to Level 3 Early Years Educator review

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

| Nursery World

The review of the Early Years Educator (EYE) qualification has opened for feedback from the sector and parents.

Level 5 standard in dispute

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Monday, February 3, 2020

| Nursery World

A tug of war is taking place over whether the Level 5 apprenticeship standard should contain a foundation degree or the standard ‘licence to practice’ at Level 3, Nursery World has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

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

| Nursery World

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.

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Business property adviser Christie & Co has published its first report on global workforce trends in early childhood education and care (ECEC).

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and ‘follow alternative approaches’ if they choose as they plan to reopen to all children, in new guidance for early years settings.

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

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Friday, March 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries were losing more than a thousand pounds a week in parent fees due to the pandemic last December, according to research commissioned by the DfE.

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

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

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.

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Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

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

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

Three directors leave Family First as one of UK's largest nursery groups 'evolves' its leadership team

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

Early years is ‘an invisible workforce’ - report

Sector invited to contribute to Level 3 Early Years Educator review

Level 5 standard in dispute

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

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

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

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

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