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Ofsted: Government rules in favour of keeping single-word judgements

Friday, April 26, 2024

| Nursery World

The Government has said that single-word inspection judgements will stay, despite recommendations from the education select committee of MPs that they should be scrapped and replaced with a more ‘nuanced’ system.

Sector raises concern as survey shows most early years providers haven't increased their places

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Most early years providers have not changed the number of places they offer, despite an additional 85,000 places being needed for the full roll out of the expanded offer.

New book recommends against relying on private nurseries for the expanded offer

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| Nursery World

A new book by Professor Helen Penn suggests rather than campaign for greater childcare funding, efforts should be focused on building local authority provision, while curbing the ‘activities of large nursery chains.

Childcare Survey suggests time is running out to find enough places for expanded offer

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| Nursery World

With two weeks until the roll out of the 15 hours for two-year-olds, new survey findings show a continued decline in the availability of childcare as costs rise by 7 per cent.

Ashbourne Day Nurseries buys Harp Nurseries

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Ashbourne Day Nurseries has acquired Harp Nurseries, bringing its total number of settings to 41.

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Ofsted to bring in changes to post-inspection complaints process from January, as 80 per cent back plans

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Monday, November 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years providers will be able to contact Ofsted to raise concerns following an inspection, in changes to the way the inspectorate deals with complaints following inspections.

Ashbourne nursery group appoints new MD and opens flagship setting

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Friday, November 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Ashbourne Day Nurseries has appointed a new managing director and opened a flagship setting in Bedfordshire.

Busy Bees buys group of settings in North America

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| Nursery World

Busy Bees, the UK’s largest nursery group, has further expanded into North America with the acquisition of a chain of 27 childcare centres.

Why does your nursery need security?

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Monday, September 18, 2023

| Nursery World

SPONSORED CONTENT Security should be a number one priority for all early years providers, says Almas Industries, and outlines how its latest security platform offers an integrated, efficient solution.

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