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Gymfinity Kids opens third nursery - acquisitions roundup

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

| Nursery World

The latest nursery groups to add new settings include Grandir UK, Kids Planet and Gymfinity Kids.

Labour pledges action on early years

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| Nursery World

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has reiterated Labour’s commitment to 'drive up' the quality, affordability, and availability of childcare.

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

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Monday, April 11, 2022

| Nursery World

High workload and workplace stress are significant factors leading to 44 per cent of teachers to say they plan to leave teaching in the next five years.

Coronavirus: Sector expresses frustration over expanded symptom list as free testing ends

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have expressed frustration that the expansion of the official list of Covid symptoms has come just days after free testing ended in England.

Councils urged to create more inclusive and accessible play spaces

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| Nursery World

Children's charities and play industry bodies are calling on UK councils to create more facilities for children with disabilities who they claim are currently excluded from many play spaces.

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

| Nursery World

The 75 local authorities chosen by the Department for Education as eligible for a share of £302 million to set up the Government’s ‘flagship’ family hubs in their areas have been named today (Saturday).

Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum

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Friday, April 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Wales’ education minister Jeremy Miles has praised the work of early years settings as they prepare for the roll-out of the new national curriculum for three-to-16-year-olds.

Take part in Nursery World survey on Ofsted inspections under the EIF

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Friday, April 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery World is calling on all nursery owners/managers to fill in its survey looking at judgements under Ofsted’s new inspection framework.

Government to end regular Covid testing of children in schools

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

| Nursery World

After tomorrow (Friday) only children with ‘a high temperature’ will be advised to self-isolate for three days, as the Government ends Covid testing in schools.

Early years settings struggle to access funding for rising numbers of young children with SEND

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of early years settings have seen an increase in the number of children with formally-identified SEND at their setting over the past two years, but four in ten receive no extra funding to support them.

Special report - Settings collect donations for families in war-torn Ukraine

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years providers in the UK have received supplies from parents to be sent to children and their families affected by the conflict with Russia. Catherine Gaunt reports

Schools White Paper: Government sets target for all schools to become academies by 2030

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Monday, March 28, 2022

| Nursery World

All schools will be encouraged to join ‘strong’ multi-academy trusts by 2030 with local authorities given powers to set up their own trusts, under moves outlined in the Government’s Schools White Paper.

Parents choosing between paying for food and childcare as providers forced to raise fees

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Friday, March 25, 2022

| Nursery World

One in four parents have had to cut down on necessary expenses such as food and heating to afford childcare, as more than a third of providers reveal plans to further increase fees, according to new research.

ICP Education expands into Scotland

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| Nursery World

ICP Education has acquired its first settings in Scotland with the acquisition of the Wee Gems Nursery Group.

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| Nursery World

The majority of local authorities are not passing on money left over from Government funding to deliver childcare places to providers, according to an analysis of responses to Freedom of Information requests.

Spring Statement: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

| Nursery World

The sector has expressed its disappointment over the Chancellor’s inaction on childcare and education funding.

‘Immediate’ Government action needed on rising childcare costs and drop in availability of places

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

| Nursery World

The Chancellor is being urged to use tomorrow's Budget to help with rising childcare costs as parents are paying up to 3.5 per cent more for a place than they were a year ago, finds survey.

Childminders secure victory over Covid rules preventing them from operating

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

| Nursery World

The sector has forced a Government U-turn over rules which stated that childminders with a positive Covid case in their household could not continue to operate.

Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

| Nursery World

Around one in three working parents with pre-school children spend more than a third of their wages on childcare, reveals a new poll.

Wales to begin expansion of funded two-year-old places

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government is to begin its expansion of free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds from the autumn.

The Old Station Nursery group buys Good Manors Day Nurseries

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

| Nursery World

The Old Station Nursery Group has bought four more settings, taking its total number of nurseries to 63.

Kids Planet grows to 107 nurseries

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Friday, March 11, 2022

| Nursery World

The UK’s third largest nursery group Kids Planet has acquired four new settings, taking its total number of ‘active’ sites to 107.

Boris Johnson visits Busy Bees nursery in Heathrow

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

| Nursery World

The prime minister visited Busy Bees Heathrow on Monday.

Nursery operators continue to grow within 'competitive' childcare market

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

| Nursery World

ICP Nurseries has bought two more settings, taking its total number of settings to 52, while a London operator and Scottish provider have both added sites.

Ofsted to make early years its focus over next five years

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to publish its five-year strategy in the spring, which will focus on the early years sector, the chief inspector Amanda Spielman has revealed.

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Gymfinity Kids opens third nursery - acquisitions roundup

Labour pledges action on early years

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

Coronavirus: Sector expresses frustration over expanded symptom list as free testing ends

Councils urged to create more inclusive and accessible play spaces

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum

Take part in Nursery World survey on Ofsted inspections under the EIF

Government to end regular Covid testing of children in schools

Early years settings struggle to access funding for rising numbers of young children with SEND

Special report - Settings collect donations for families in war-torn Ukraine

Schools White Paper: Government sets target for all schools to become academies by 2030

Parents choosing between paying for food and childcare as providers forced to raise fees

ICP Education expands into Scotland

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

Spring Statement: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years

‘Immediate’ Government action needed on rising childcare costs and drop in availability of places

Childminders secure victory over Covid rules preventing them from operating

Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

Wales to begin expansion of funded two-year-old places

The Old Station Nursery group buys Good Manors Day Nurseries

Kids Planet grows to 107 nurseries

Boris Johnson visits Busy Bees nursery in Heathrow

Nursery operators continue to grow within 'competitive' childcare market

Ofsted to make early years its focus over next five years

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