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New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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.

Autumn Budget: Increase to minimum wage will 'tip many early years settings over the edge'

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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The sector has warned that the announcement by the Chancellor to increase the national living wage by almost 10 per cent will risk the livelihood of many early years settings.

Nearly half of children under five live in 'childcare deserts'

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Monday, November 20, 2023

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More than 40 per cent of children live in local authorities that are ‘early education and care deserts’, where there are more than three children for every one registered place.

30 hours expansion 'likely to fall flat on its face' as Ofsted stats reveal a 'plummet' in childcare places

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Friday, November 17, 2023

| Nursery World

The number of early years places has fallen by 17,800 in the last year, according to the latest Ofsted data, raising further questions over how the expanded 30 hours will be successfully delivered.

MPs to consider how financial education can be taught to primary pupils

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Cross-party MPs have launched an inquiry into how financial education can be strengthened throughout primary school.

Providers getting just 32p extra in hourly funding despite Govt claims of 'substantially uplifted' rates

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

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Despite the Government’s claim funding would significantly increase from September, childcare providers are receiving an average of just 32p extra per hour to deliver the three and four-year-old places.

Without action the expanded 30 hours will cause further exclusion of SEND children, warns charity

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

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A charity concerned with supporting young children with SEND is calling for urgent support as research shows one in five families needing SEND early years provision are being turned away by settings.