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Childminders will have option to have contact details on Ofsted website

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Ofsted is writing to all childminders to ask whether they would like their contact details published on their website.

EYFS inspection course a success

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Buckinghamshire Services for Children and Young People is receiving positive feedback for its course Preparing for EYSF Inspection and the SEF, which can be delivered nationwide.

CWDC gets ready to close its doors

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

| Nursery World

On 31 March the Children's Workforce Development Council will close and the DfE's Teaching Agency will continue its work with early years.

Specialist speech centre to close its doors

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

| Nursery World

A centre that provides support for children with impaired speech and language in Oxford is to close in June following the government's decision to withdraw funding.

Nurseries should be able to call on Ofsted for re-inspections, sector says

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Friday, April 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Nurseries are calling for Ofsted to allow them to pay to have their setting re-inspected if they fail to meet the grade they expected to achieve.

EYFS: Nursery group reassesses approach to learning and development in run-up to EYFS

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Karen Walker, head of children's services at the London Early Years Foundation, spoke to Nursery World about how the group's nurseries are preparing for the new framework.

Provider numbers down, but childcare places on the up

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Monday, April 30, 2012

| Nursery World

There are more than 650 fewer nurseries and childminders registered with Ofsted than there were three months ago, according to the latest figures released by the inspectorate.

Busy Bees campaign to raise childcare vouchers to 75 a week

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

The employee benefits arm of the largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a national campaign to increase childcare voucher allowances to support working parents.

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Despite the Government spending 7bn on childcare per year, British parents currently pay 27% of their income on childcare.

Nursery chain director goes it alone

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Friday, June 1, 2012

| Nursery World

The former operations director of a Scottish nursery chain has bought her own nursery.

Nutbrown Review: Final report maps way ahead for quality early years workforce

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

A new early years teaching qualification, minimum standards for maths and English, and clear job titles and roles, are among some of the 19 recommendations made by Professor Cathy Nutbrown.

Nursery group expands in South Wales

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

| Nursery World

A South Wales nursery group has opened its fifth setting thanks to a six-figure sum from HSBC.

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

New analysis of the early years workforce reveals a worrying time for the sector, with a downward trend in the proportion of qualified staff and the prospect that in the future the workforce may be less qualified than it is now.

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.

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.

Bertram nursery group acquired in management buyout

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Monday, March 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Bertram Nursery Group, one of the largest nursery groups in the UK, has been bought by its management, with funding from Apiary Capital and Santander.

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

A charity that provides care and support for children with SEND and their families in Essex is at risk of closure due to withdrawal of local authority funding.

All workers now entitled to a payslip

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

| Nursery World

A poll has found that 15 per cent of workers under 24 do not receive a payslip, ahead of a change to the law that means that all workers are now legally entitled to one.

Exclusive: Minister unveils details of £20m early years training fund

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Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi has expanded a range of measures to help tackle the language and literacy gap among five-year-olds in the most disadvantaged areas by training practitioners.

Tops launches reusable nappy campaign

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Monday, June 24, 2019

| Nursery World

The owner of Tops Day Nurseries has launched a campaign to promote reusable, washable nappies in a bid to reduce plastic pollution.

Nursery group expansion

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

| Nursery World

Nursery groups Kids Planet and Secret Garden Nursery have acquired new settings.

Nurseries cannot afford higher wages, sector tells pay body

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

| Nursery World

While early years workers deserve more pay, the sector cannot afford another rise to minimum wage rates without more funding, the Early Years Alliance has warned.

Apprenticeships panel appoints Eunice Lumsden following criticism over lack of sector experience

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

| Nursery World

A panel which approves apprenticeship standards for the childcare sector has appointed a leading early years specialist.

Busy Bees buys its first nurseries in the US and Italy

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Friday, September 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The UK’s biggest childcare provider has acquired two nursery groups, one in the United States and another in Italy.

Just Childcare buys 60th setting

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Sunday, November 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Just Childcare, which operates nurseries in the North West, Yorkshire and South West, has announced the acquisition of Safehands Day Nursery in Harrogate.

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Childminders will have option to have contact details on Ofsted website

EYFS inspection course a success

CWDC gets ready to close its doors

Specialist speech centre to close its doors

Nurseries should be able to call on Ofsted for re-inspections, sector says

EYFS: Nursery group reassesses approach to learning and development in run-up to EYFS

Provider numbers down, but childcare places on the up

Busy Bees campaign to raise childcare vouchers to 75 a week

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

Nursery chain director goes it alone

Nutbrown Review: Final report maps way ahead for quality early years workforce

Nursery group expands in South Wales

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

Call for ‘inspection holiday’ for nursery owners

Bertram nursery group acquired in management buyout

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

All workers now entitled to a payslip

Exclusive: Minister unveils details of £20m early years training fund

Tops launches reusable nappy campaign

Nursery group expansion

Nurseries cannot afford higher wages, sector tells pay body

Apprenticeships panel appoints Eunice Lumsden following criticism over lack of sector experience

Busy Bees buys its first nurseries in the US and Italy

Just Childcare buys 60th setting

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