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NDNA wins two-year-old support contracts

Friday, November 30, 2012

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association has won ten contracts to support 62 local authorities in England with the rollout of free early education places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Reserve Forces opens its doors to nurseries

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

With the UK's reserve forces set to double in size over the next six years, the Reserve Forces and Cadet Association is looking to boost its income by letting out space in its properties at competitive rates, targeting nurseries as potential occupants.

Busy Bees buys Australian nursery group

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

| Nursery World

Busy Bees is expanding into the Australian market by acquiring Foundation Early Learning, a group of 30 nurseries.

Bertram to expand its nurseries to add 300 childcare places

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Monday, January 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Bertram Nursery Group, which operates 34 settings across the country, has received funding to increase the number of childcare places it offers by 300 in order to meet increased demand for two-year-old places.

Falling occupancy levels and chronic underfunding threatens high-quality nursery provision

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Under-funding of free early education places and the tough economic climate are threatening sustainability of the nursery sector and the viability of the two-year-olds programme, the National Day Nurseries Association has warned.

Lack of action threatens Early Years Teacher Status

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Monday, May 14, 2018

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Frustrated university lecturers have said inaction by the Government over Early Years Teacher Status risks the loss of a graduate-led workforce in the sector.

Snow Day!!

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Monday, January 21, 2013

| Nursery World

See how nurseries and childminders across the country have been coping with the recent snowfall.

'More Great Childcare': Expansion for Ofsted as councils lose early years quality work

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Local authorities are set to lose their early years quality improvement role, as Ofsted becomes 'the sole arbiter of quality in the early years', in the Government's 'More Great Childcare' shake-up.

Children's centre in equality 'first'

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Monday, August 1, 2011

| Nursery World

A children's centre run by a children's charity is the first in the country to gain the EQualities award for championing equality in the early years.

Ofsted will make it more difficult for failing nurseries to re-register

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The recent closure by Ofsted of a Birmingham nursery, which re-registered after a serious incident took place at the setting two years previously, highlights once again the loophole that allows settings to 'wipe the slate clean'.