Nursery World is offering an unmissable programme at its 2025 Business Summit, which will take place at London's America Square Conference Centre on 5 March. Tickets are already selling fast.
2025 is shaping up to be an extremely busy year, with policy and financial developments set to impact recruitment, training, occupancy, quality and growth.
While the rate of nursery closures slowed in 2024, the outlook for 2025 is both challenging and exciting. With the rise in employer National Insurance Contributions, the rise in the National Living Wage and changes to employment law, the sector has significant challenges to overcome, in order to meet the potential for growth.
To make sense of the financial headwinds and policy developments our Summit includes:
• Government keynote from early years minister Stephen Morgan MP on Labour’s policy priorities and plans to consult the sector (invited)
• Inspections Q&A with Ofsted on the big changes coming down the track
• Latest analysis and data on early years spending and policy from the Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Big Debate on solving the recruitment and retention crisis
• Unpicking the changes to employment law, scrutinising workers’ rights and pay
• Practical steps to boost the digital skills of your workforce
• Case study on creating a positive culture across multiple sites
• Insights into the strengths of various models of early years provision, and which are best placed to be sustainable, and ultimately deliver the very best for parents and young children
As well as nursery owners, directors and managers, the Summit will also be attended by school professionals, local authority heads and sector investors. It will be a great opportunity to debate, discuss and acquire new perspectives from networking.
Access the programme and register here
