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Happy Days nursery group wins £8m for expansion

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Happy Days Nurseries has received £8m to open settings in 10 new locations over the next three years.

DIT forum continues drive for early years expansion in China

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for International Trade is inviting early years providers to a UK-China Early Years Education Development Forum on 7 December.

Shock rise in VAT could force up nursery fees

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries may be forced to increase their fees to cope with the increase in VAT, early years organisations have warned.

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

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Monday, August 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The early years workforce is being urged to submit evidence towards the independent review of the EYFS, with a consultation launched online today.

Council nurseries consider charging parents of funded twos for meals

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Friday, July 14, 2017

| Nursery World

The last remaining council-run nurseries in Bromley are under threat of closure, because the local authority says it can no longer afford to run them.

NDNA Business Performance Survey December 2012 - A North-South divide for nursery prospects

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Many nurseries had a bumpy ride in the second half of 2012. Karen Faux reports on survey findings which provide key pointers for the year ahead.

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Local authorities will no longer have a role to improve quality in early years settings, leaving the future of the work of early years authority advisers and their teams unclear.

Childbase opens 40th site

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Minister for Children and Families Tim Loughton officially opened the new Greengables nursery in Sandhurst, Buckinghamshire, the 40th setting in the Childbase chain.

New online toolkit offers free business advice to childminders

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| Nursery World

PACEY has launched the online resource Business Smart'by childminders, for childminders' to support new and established childminding settings.

Spotlight on ... Selina Baylis

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Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Name: Selina Baylis

Spotlight on ... Sian Nesbitt

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Name: Sian NesbittPosition: owner and director of Dizzy Ducks Day Nurseries

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| Nursery World

The Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency are merging to create one body, the education secretary announced in Parliament today.

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early years apprenticeship framework.

Spotlight on…Clare Law

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Development manager at Blackpool’s Centre for Early Child Development

Former chair of trailblazers seeks judicial review

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The former chair of the apprenticeship trailblazer group, which was stood down in February, is seeking a judicial review of the Government’s decision.

Worst employer excuses for not paying the minimum wage revealed

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Only making the tea, not being British, and it doesn’t apply to me, are all reasons that employers have given for not paying the statutory minimum wage, the Government has revealed.

Enormous shortfall in two-year-old places predicted

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Some of the largest nursery groups in the country are concerned that a shortfall in the number of nursery places for disadvantaged two-year-olds could hamper Government plans to expand free nursery education, Nursery World has learned.

Question mark over future of EYPs

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Friday, June 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather cast doubt on the future of Early Years Professional status in her ministerial address to delegates at the National Day Nursery Association's annual conference.

New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Montessori settings will be expected to sign up to a new Code of Practice to endorse their professionalism and the quality of their early years provision.

Spotlight on ... Jane Halpin and Denise Armer

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Position: Co-founders of Unique Kidz and Co, a charity in Lancashire which provides services for disabled children.

Majority of early years sector oppose reforms

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

A survey by the National Children's Bureau reveals the extent to which the early years sector is opposed to the reforms in More Great Childcare, with the majority claiming they will have a detrimental effect on children, particularly disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Lords bid to save Montessori and Steiner qualifications in Education Bill

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Amendments to the Education Bill proposed by the House of Lords are seeking to preserve the accreditation of Montessori and Steiner qualifications and to stipulate minimum requirements for nursery staff responsible for the care of children aged two and above.

Extending the free entitlement for two-year-olds

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Offering free early education to disadvantaged two-year-olds raises questions over availability and quality of provision, says Joyce Connor, Programme Director Early Years at National Children's Bureau

Co-Production group will decide direction of the workforce

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A Workforce Co-production group has been set up to look at how the early years workforce can progress to achieve higher standards of professionalism and partnership working.

Kids 1st continues to grow with ninth nursery

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Kids 1st Day Nurseries will open its ninth nursery early next year, as part of ongoing expansion plans.

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Happy Days nursery group wins £8m for expansion

DIT forum continues drive for early years expansion in China

Shock rise in VAT could force up nursery fees

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

Council nurseries consider charging parents of funded twos for meals

NDNA Business Performance Survey December 2012 - A North-South divide for nursery prospects

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

Childbase opens 40th site

New online toolkit offers free business advice to childminders

Spotlight on ... Selina Baylis

Spotlight on ... Sian Nesbitt

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

Spotlight on…Clare Law

Former chair of trailblazers seeks judicial review

Worst employer excuses for not paying the minimum wage revealed

Enormous shortfall in two-year-old places predicted

Question mark over future of EYPs

New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

Spotlight on ... Jane Halpin and Denise Armer

Majority of early years sector oppose reforms

Lords bid to save Montessori and Steiner qualifications in Education Bill

Extending the free entitlement for two-year-olds

Co-Production group will decide direction of the workforce

Kids 1st continues to grow with ninth nursery

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