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

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.

Tops Day Nurseries features game meat on the menu

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

| Nursery World

Tops nursery group has introduced wild meat to their menus to extend children’s taste buds and help protect diverse species in their natural environment.

Government's long-awaited Family Hubs now open to families in 75 areas

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

| Nursery World

The Government’s Family Hubs, first announced in 2021, are now open across 75 local authorities, while the DfE has launched a new campaign to support parents with their child's development.

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

New childminder EYFS introduced

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Friday, January 5, 2024

| Nursery World

A new childminder-specific EYFS came into force on Thursday (4 January), as part of changes to regulations in the early years sector.

Nursery groups Just Childcare and All About Children merge under ownership of Partou

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| Nursery World

Two of the country’s largest nursery groups, owned by the largest Dutch nursery group Partou, are to merge under the Partou brand, making them one of the top five groups in the UK by size.

Ofsted puts school inspections on hold for mental health training for inspectors, but early years inspections will continue

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

The new chief inspector of Ofsted has halted routine Ofsted inspections in schools until later in January to allow all inspectors to attend mental health training – however in a move criticised by the sector, early years inspections will continue.

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Alpha Nurseries, a group of more than 20 nurseries and out-of-school clubs, with a head office in Ipswich, has announced the immediate closure of all its settings.

Sector voices its support to Pen Green Children's Centre after Inadequate Ofsted grade

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has expressed its shock at the news that renowned Pen Green Children’s Centre has been downgraded to Inadequate by Ofsted.

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

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Friday, December 15, 2023

| Nursery World

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.

Concerns childminders will cease to exist as DfE survey reveals a 5 per cent drop in childcare providers

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

| Nursery World

The latest DfE Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey shows the number of early years providers has fallen by 5 per cent in a year, mainly driven by a loss of 3,200 childminders.

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

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Friday, December 1, 2023

| Nursery World

A new study suggests that young children’s understanding of language is nearly back to pre-pandemic norms, despite ‘added pressures on today’s families’.

Slight rise in children achieving 'a good level of development' at end of EYFS

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Friday, December 1, 2023

| Nursery World

The proportion of five-year-olds with a good level of development and who reach the expected level across all areas of the EYFS at the end of the Reception year has risen slightly, according to the latest statistics.

Extended hours: New funding rates fail to meet 10 per cent rise to minimum wage, analysis shows

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Many local authorities won’t receive the headline funding rates the DfE is promising providers from April, with rises well short of the minimum wage increase, according to the NDNA.

DfE confirms extended 30 hours funding rates, but sector says they don't reflect the 'real delivery cost'

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

| Nursery World

The DfE has announced national average hourly funding rates of £11.22 for under-twos, £8.28 for two-year-olds and £5.88 for three and four-year-olds from April when the first phase of the extended offer comes in.

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