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'No real support' for early years in Government's levelling up white paper

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, charities and teaching unions have criticised the Government’s new package of measures to transform education for disadvantaged children.

Interview - James Alexandroff, founder of Perivoli Schools Trust

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| Nursery World

James is the founder of Perivoli Schools Trust, a UK registered charity that funds a nursery school teacher training programme in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. In total, the trust has trained over 10,000 teachers since 2012, with a target of reaching 200,000 in the next ten years.

Settings urged to get behind campaign to increase uptake of MMR vaccine in children

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings are being urged to get behind a new Government campaign to increase the number of children vaccinated against MMR as new figures show there has been a ‘significant’ drop in take-up of the jab.

Analysis - Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| Nursery World

With high numbers of staff off work due to either catching coronavirus or having to isolate as a contact, many call for more support and protective measures. By Katy Morton

Coronavirus: Early years staff absences fall while cases in children grow

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Monday, January 31, 2022

| Nursery World

While the number of nursery staff off with Covid has largely fallen, the percentage of children with the virus has increased, new data suggests.

Scottish nursery milk scheme ruled to be 'unlawful'

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Monday, January 31, 2022

| Nursery World

A scheme to provide free milk to children attending early years settings in Scotland has been declared ‘unlawful’ and ‘irrational’ by a judge in a landmark ruling against the Scottish government.

Portland Nurseries rewards employees with free childcare

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Monday, January 31, 2022

| Nursery World

To mark its 30th birthday, the Portland Nurseries group has introduced a free childcare policy for all its employees in recognition of their hard work.

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

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A new report warns the nursery sector is ‘at threat of being damaged’ as smaller settings get taken over by large corporate companies that are ‘profit-focused’.

The Whales on the Bus wins BookTrust award for best book for sharing with babies

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

| Nursery World

The Whales on the Bus written by Katrina Charman and illustrated by Nick Sharratt (Bloomsbury Children’s) has been announced as the best new book for sharing with babies and young children by reading charity BookTrust.

Welcome Nurseries commits to improving Smarties Nursery after concerns raised

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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Welcome Nurseries, the owner of Smarties Nursery in Leicestershire, where a number of incidents took place last year, says the setting has been turned around and a new management team put in place.

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

| Nursery World

New statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) show that 13 per cent of staff working in nurseries and childminder settings were absent from work due to Coronavirus mid-January.

Childcare market report - 'swift' recovery in 2021 led to 'exceptional' year for acquisitions

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Monday, January 24, 2022

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Last year was a ‘year of resilience and bounce back’ for childcare businesses, according to Redwoods Dowling Kerr’s latest childcare and education market report.

Kindred Nurseries buys two settings in Essex

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

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Expanding group Kindred Nurseries has bought ABC Rainbow Day Nursery, which operates two sites in Westcliff-on-Sea and Rayleigh.

‘Phenomenal buyer demand’ in 2021 drives up nursery market values

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| Nursery World

Competition for high quality sites helped to achieve ‘eye watering’ sums for the best businesses and saw unprecedented consolidation among the big nursery groups, according to Christie & Co’s latest Business Outlook Report.

Bright Horizons fined £800,000 over toddler death

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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Nursery group Bright Horizons has been fined £800,000 over the death of a ten-month-old boy who choked on mango while unsupervised for several minutes.

LEYF opens up its chef training academy to all nurseries

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| Nursery World

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has opened up its professional chef academy to external candidates in a bid to tackle the ‘alarming’ rise in childhood obesity.

Government urged to 'reform the use of phonics' as it is 'failing children'

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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A group of leading academics are calling on the Government to change their policy on the use of synthetic phonics as the main approach of teaching children to read as research suggests it is less successful than other methods.

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

| Nursery World

An equality fund to make Scottish workplaces, including childcare settings, more inclusive and diverse has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Children in poverty will bear the brunt of rising energy bills

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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Rising energy bills will push the poorest families even deeper into poverty, according to an analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

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'No real support' for early years in Government's levelling up white paper

Interview - James Alexandroff, founder of Perivoli Schools Trust

Settings urged to get behind campaign to increase uptake of MMR vaccine in children

Analysis - Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences

Coronavirus: Early years staff absences fall while cases in children grow

Scottish nursery milk scheme ruled to be 'unlawful'

Portland Nurseries rewards employees with free childcare

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

The Whales on the Bus wins BookTrust award for best book for sharing with babies

Welcome Nurseries commits to improving Smarties Nursery after concerns raised

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

Childcare market report - 'swift' recovery in 2021 led to 'exceptional' year for acquisitions

Kindred Nurseries buys two settings in Essex

‘Phenomenal buyer demand’ in 2021 drives up nursery market values

Bright Horizons fined £800,000 over toddler death

LEYF opens up its chef training academy to all nurseries

Government urged to 'reform the use of phonics' as it is 'failing children'

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

Children in poverty will bear the brunt of rising energy bills

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