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Call for ‘inspection holiday’ for nursery owners

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Monday, March 4, 2019

| Nursery World

A childcare provider is calling for routine Ofsted inspections to be postponed when nursery owners are away on holiday.

Ceeda roundtable pools ideas to tackle early years recruitment crisis

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Thursday, February 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Ceeda has released the findings from its About Early Years Workforce Roundtable, held last month to discuss solutions to current recruitment and staffing challenges.

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

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Friday, February 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Self-employed childcare providers could miss out on Universal Credit as a result of receiving early years entitlement funding, the Early Years Alliance has warned.

Just Childcare buys 50th nursery

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

| Nursery World

The Just Childcare group, which operates nurseries in the North West, Yorkshire and the South West, has acquired Kiddy Factory Nursery in Liverpool.

French nursery group La Maison Bleue seals first UK deal

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

| Nursery World

One of the largest nursery groups in France has acquired The Old Station Nursery group.

Co-op Childcare gains top first aid award

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Co-op Childcare has become the first large childcare provider to achieve Millie’s Mark at all its sites.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has teamed up with the Department for Education and Ofsted to tackle workload pressures on early years staff.

Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has bought My Family Care, including the Tinies nanny franchises.

Busy Bees buys first Irish nursery group

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Monday, February 11, 2019

| Nursery World

The UK’s biggest nursery group has acquired Giraffe Childcare, one of Ireland’s largest.

EXCLUSIVE: Early Years Educator course funding faces axe

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Monday, February 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Funding for some Early Years Educator courses is set to disappear once T-levels come in, Nursery World can reveal.

30 hours childcare ‘is limiting choice’

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Monday, February 4, 2019

| Nursery World

There is increasing concern about the impact of the 30 hours on the availability of places for working parents, and a growing outcomes gap for disadvantaged children not eligible for the extended entitlement.

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

| Nursery World

A petition calling on the Government to increase childcare funding in line with minimum wage rises has secured more than 6,400 signatures in just a few days.

High court rules that nurseries cannot benefit from same planning rights as schools

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has lost its case in the high court to extend one of its settings after a judge ruled a nursery is not a ‘school’ and therefore does not benefit from the same planning rights.

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The new About Early Years Sector Skills Survey finds childcare employers are four times as likely to say staff lack crucial skills than in other sectors. By Hannah Crown

Big divide between rich and poor nurseries

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

| Nursery World

Affluent areas are growing nurseries while settings in areas of deprivation are increasingly struggling to survive, according to Christie and Co.

Childbase opens 43rd nursery

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Monday, January 14, 2019

| Nursery World

Childbase Partnership has opened two new settings, taking its total number of nurseries to 43.

Gloucestershire nursery group expands

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Chestnuts Day Nursery has opened its third setting.

Midlands nursery group £1.65m deal to fund expansion

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Friday, January 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Tommies Childcare has acquired its eighth nursery.

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

| Nursery World

Universal credit claimants are losing jobs and childcare places because they are required to pay childcare bills upfront, a new report has found.

Busy Bees continues to grow with Montessori acquisition

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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

| Nursery World

Busy Bees has acquired two more settings, bringing its total number of nurseries to 354.

Green shoots of recruitment recovery as nursery vacancies drop

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

| Nursery World

The number of nursery vacancies has dropped while the number of staff qualified to Level 3 has increased, according to early years data company Ceeda.

Storal Learning nursery group adds three settings

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Storal Learning nursery group has acquired the Swingboat Nurseries chain.

EYT qualification’s ‘uncertain future’

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Sunday, December 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The future ‘looks bleak’ for the Early Years Teacher (EYT) qualification as numbers taking up the training plummet and more providers drop the course.

Ofsted annual report: Top marks for large groups

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Sunday, December 9, 2018

| Nursery World

Nurseries and pre-schools operating in large groups have a greater proportion of Outstanding grades, Ofsted’s annual report shows.

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Call for ‘inspection holiday’ for nursery owners

Ceeda roundtable pools ideas to tackle early years recruitment crisis

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

Just Childcare buys 50th nursery

French nursery group La Maison Bleue seals first UK deal

Co-op Childcare gains top first aid award

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care

Busy Bees buys first Irish nursery group

EXCLUSIVE: Early Years Educator course funding faces axe

30 hours childcare ‘is limiting choice’

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

High court rules that nurseries cannot benefit from same planning rights as schools

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

Big divide between rich and poor nurseries

Childbase opens 43rd nursery

Gloucestershire nursery group expands

Midlands nursery group £1.65m deal to fund expansion

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

Busy Bees continues to grow with Montessori acquisition

Green shoots of recruitment recovery as nursery vacancies drop

Storal Learning nursery group adds three settings

EYT qualification’s ‘uncertain future’

Ofsted annual report: Top marks for large groups

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