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Wage increases, uncertainty over local authority payments for funded hours and the return of business rates, amid other costs, dampen the funding announcement. By Catherine Gaunt

Progress stalled in achieving a degree-led workforce, figures suggest

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Friday, December 10, 2021

| Nursery World

New data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows the percentage of practitioners with degrees working in nurseries has risen marginally since the same research in 2019.

Hopes and dreams for early years in 2022 and beyond

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| Nursery World

Twelve professionals with links to the early years reveal their aspirations for the sector in the year ahead, and set out what needs to change to ensure families’ needs are met

Coronavirus: DfE publishes update for early years settings

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Friday, January 7, 2022

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has updated its Covid guidance for early years settings to reflect the latest changes to testing and self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Welcome Nurseries commits to improving Smarties Nursery after concerns raised

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Welcome Nurseries, the owner of Smarties Nursery in Leicestershire, where a number of incidents took place last year, says the setting has been turned around and a new management team put in place.

Nursery Chains 2021: Directory - People & places

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

For your guide to the who, what and where of nursery chains, our directory gives you all the information you need

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Covid has seen professionals cut staff, use reserves and even sell belongings, but researchers say an early years education and care-led recovery is now vital, as Katy Morton reports

Fennies nursery group opens its own training academy

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Monday, March 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Fennies nursery group has launched its own training academy, offering CPD courses and a scheme for graduates.

Welcome Nurseries forced to close setting after failing to pay rent on time

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

| Nursery World

Welcome Nurseries has apologised to parents and staff of its Birkenshaw setting which has closed without notice due to a ‘serious’ admin error that meant the building’s rent was not paid.

Network Whispers - Nick Gibb, mobilisation and men

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Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery World and National Day Nurseries Association join forces for a behind-the-scenes column

Nursery Management: Technology - Hello, Mr Robot

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

As robots become ever more sophisticated, what future role could they play in the early years – and do practitioners need to fear for their jobs? Charlotte Goddard reports

Nursery Management: Inspection - In the frame

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Pennie Akehurst, managing director of Early Years Fundamentals, discusses the changes she has seen in inspections since the advent of the new Education Inspection Framework

Childcare Counsel – dealing with long Covid

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

What do nursery owners need to know about the legal implications of long Covid? Hannah Belton, director of Morgan La Roche, explains

Nursery World Awards 2022 - Eco-Friendly Early Years

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Sunday, September 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Joint winner: London Early Years Foundation, Green LEYF

Nursery education funding 'must be protected' to curb free places crisis

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector faces 'chronic underfunding', which threatens to put at risk the Government's plans to expand free nursery education places for two-year-olds.