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

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.

Government urged to 'reform the use of phonics' as it is 'failing children'

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

A group of leading academics are calling on the Government to change their policy on the use of synthetic phonics as the main approach of teaching children to read as research suggests it is less successful than other methods.

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

News

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

An equality fund to make Scottish workplaces, including childcare settings, more inclusive and diverse has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Professional books – for your shelf

Review

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Karen Faux recommends four recent releases that will provide plenty of food for thought and action.

Children in poverty will bear the brunt of rising energy bills

News

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Rising energy bills will push the poorest families even deeper into poverty, according to an analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Covid-19 self-isolation cut to five days in England

News

Monday, January 17, 2022

Effective from today (Monday 17 January), children and adults who catch Coronavirus only need to isolate for five days if they test negative two days in a row on a lateral flow test.

Old Station Nursery group expands to 53 settings

News

Monday, January 17, 2022

The Old Station Nursery group, part of French operator La Maison Bleue, has bought a chain of eight nurseries.

Deprived state schools most impacted by Covid staff absences

News

Friday, January 14, 2022

New findings reveal that the most deprived state schools were almost three times more likely than private schools to report that one in 10 or more of their staff were absent due to coronavirus.

Childminders ineligible for £500 payment when forced to close due to household Covid cases

News

Friday, January 14, 2022

Childminders are facing a lack of financial support as many are ineligible for the £500 Track and Trace support payment when they are forced to close their setting due to household members testing positive for Covid.

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

News

Friday, January 14, 2022

Around one in five early years staff were off work due to Covid during the first week of the new term, a new snap poll by the National Day Nurseries Association has found.

Sector outraged by new ‘insensitive’ Ofsted guidance on reporting employees’ ‘emotional issues’

News

Thursday, January 13, 2022

The early years sector is up in arms about new Ofsted guidance that states providers must report any changes to an employees’ health including depression, ‘stress-related’ or emotional issues.

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

News

Thursday, January 13, 2022

In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

The new EYFS framework and Ofsted judgements – a change of emphasis?

Features

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Dr Helen Edwards provides insights into how the revised EYFS is influencing Ofsted's inspections and what its recent reports suggest about changes to practice and management.