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The greatest threat to nurseries is Government underfunding, not 'risky, financial operating models'

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Responding to a UCL report that suggests the nursery sector is at risk of collapse due to private nursery groups' high levels of debt, Courteney Donaldson of Christie & Co says 'chronic' Government underfunding is often the reason for financial losses and setting closures.

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

News

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

Is financialisation putting childcare provision in England at risk?

Opinion

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Antonia Simon, associate professor at UCL Social Research Institute, warns that the nursery sector is at risk of following in the footsteps of adult social care with a 'spectacular collapse' due to the high levels of debt at many large private childcare operators which are buying nurseries.

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

News

Thursday, January 27, 2022

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’.

‘Meeting demand for more sustainable products’

Opinion

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Chris Mahady explains how supplier Hope is staying close to its early years customers to ensure its services and resources meet the changing needs of early education.

The Whales on the Bus wins BookTrust award for best book for sharing with babies

News

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

The Whales on the Bus written by Katrina Charman and illustrated by Nick Sharratt (Bloomsbury Children’s) has been announced as the best new book for sharing with babies and young children by reading charity BookTrust.

Welcome Nurseries commits to improving Smarties Nursery after concerns raised

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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.

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

New statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) show that 13 per cent of staff working in nurseries and childminder settings were absent from work due to Coronavirus mid-January.

Why physical activity in the early years is so vital

Opinion

Monday, January 24, 2022

A free course, a finalist in the Nursery World Awards 2021, aims to train early years practitioners to boost young children's physical development. Dr Jackie Musgrave of the Open University, who helped design it, explains the thinking behind it

Childcare market report - 'swift' recovery in 2021 led to 'exceptional' year for acquisitions

News

Monday, January 24, 2022

Last year was a ‘year of resilience and bounce back’ for childcare businesses, according to Redwoods Dowling Kerr’s latest childcare and education market report.

Don’t throw the phonics baby out with the bath water

Opinion

Friday, January 21, 2022

Louise Livingston, director of training at the Maria Montessori Institute, reflects on new research on the teaching of reading.

Kindred Nurseries buys two settings in Essex

News

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Expanding group Kindred Nurseries has bought ABC Rainbow Day Nursery, which operates two sites in Westcliff-on-Sea and Rayleigh.

‘Phenomenal buyer demand’ in 2021 drives up nursery market values

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Competition for high quality sites helped to achieve ‘eye watering’ sums for the best businesses and saw unprecedented consolidation among the big nursery groups, according to Christie & Co’s latest Business Outlook Report.

LEYF opens up its chef training academy to all nurseries

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has opened up its professional chef academy to external candidates in a bid to tackle the ‘alarming’ rise in childhood obesity.

Bright Horizons fined £800,000 over toddler death

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Nursery group Bright Horizons has been fined £800,000 over the death of a ten-month-old boy who choked on mango while unsupervised for several minutes.