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Nearly 9,000 childcare providers have closed since 2016

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Friday, November 2, 2018

| Nursery World

New Government figures reveal 8,800 childcare providers left the sector between 2016 and 2018.

Campaign aims to dispel misconception that childminders are babysitters

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

| Nursery World

A new campaign to dispel myths about childminders and promote the profession has launched today.

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance will be changing its name to the Early Years Alliance from next year as part of plans to re-brand.

Settings told to up sticks by landowners

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Monday, October 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Three outdoor settings have been forced to find new premises after being evicted from their sites by the landowners.

Campaigners unite to save day nurseries

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Monday, October 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Campaigners across the country are joining forces to fight the closure of council-run and community nurseries, with a rally in Salford on Saturday (27 October) uniting members of the Save Our Nurseries campaigns in Tower Hamlets, Salford and Nottingham.

The Big Picture - Moving furniture

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Friday, October 26, 2018

| Nursery World

A new design by Birmingham furniture-makers Declan and Tully Gallagher is helping boost children’s development at a West Midlands nursery.

Most parents expect nurseries to be experts in child nutrition

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents expect their child’s nursery to be up to date on the latest nutritional advice for young children, and rate this as more important than other facilities.

Scotland's childcare expansion 'about to implode', nurseries warn

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| Nursery World

Freedom of Information responses obtained by the Scottish Conservatives reveal concerns from councils and providers about the government’s childcare expansion plans for 1,140 hours.

Children’s centres facing cull nationwide

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Monday, October 15, 2018

| Nursery World

Fears are mounting that children’s centres are on the brink of extinction as the number under threat continues to rise.

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

| Nursery World

New Government figures reveal in each of the last three years, the proportion of nursery schools in deficit has been double that of all schools.

Three-quarters of teachers hold toothbrushing sessions

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

| Nursery World

Most primary school teachers are running tooth brushing sessions every morning, because children tell them they don’t regularly brush their teeth at home.

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Children who spend some time in formal childcare are less likely to have behavioural problems than those that are cared for solely at home, according to new research.

Parents vow to fight on after council confirms nursery closures

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

| Nursery World

Campaigners fighting to save Tower Hamlets' remaining council-run day nurseries are joining forces with other groups fighting nursery closures across the country.

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

NDNA seals deal for Scottish providers ahead of childcare expansion

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Monday, September 24, 2018

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has partnered with Scotland’s association of councils to draw up principles of working together that local authorities and providers must adhere to.

Nursery World Awards 2018 – see the results and photos

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

| Nursery World

The wonderful recipients of the Nursery World Awards 2018 were unveiled last night (22 September) in a glittering ceremony at The Brewery in London, with Greenfields Nursery School and Children’s Centre named Nursery of the Year. Find out the winners, highly commended and finalists of all our categories…

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

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Friday, September 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Sunhill Daycare has opened one new setting, but has been forced to close another because of cost pressures, blaming 30-hours underfunding.

Manchester group on expansion trail

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Growing group KidzRus Private Day Nurseries has purchased a fifth setting in Manchester.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Investment in Sure Start has further declined with the Government spending just over £576 million on children's centres in 2017-18, compared with £1.8 billion in 2009-10.

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Nearly 9,000 childcare providers have closed since 2016

Campaign aims to dispel misconception that childminders are babysitters

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

Settings told to up sticks by landowners

Campaigners unite to save day nurseries

The Big Picture - Moving furniture

Most parents expect nurseries to be experts in child nutrition

Scotland's childcare expansion 'about to implode', nurseries warn

Children’s centres facing cull nationwide

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

Three-quarters of teachers hold toothbrushing sessions

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

Parents vow to fight on after council confirms nursery closures

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

NDNA seals deal for Scottish providers ahead of childcare expansion

Nursery World Awards 2018 – see the results and photos

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

Manchester group on expansion trail

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

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