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Childcare costs rise above inflation

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Britain’s parents are paying 5 per cent more for childcare for the under-twos than they were a year ago, according to a survey.

Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases'

News

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has today formally registered Covid-19 as a ‘notifiable disease’, but nurseries are still unlikely to be covered by insurance for closures.

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

News

Monday, June 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in England are fighting to survive, as new research suggests that just over four in 10 parents of under-fives are planning to return today, with many providers also uncertain about when to reopen.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

News

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

News

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

Wales extends business rates relief for nurseries until 2025

News

Monday, September 6, 2021

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has extended business rates relief to nurseries and pre-schools to help them recover from the pandemic.

Call to make flexible working the 'norm' as thousands of mums' requests are denied

News

Friday, October 15, 2021

| Nursery World

Half of mums that responded to a survey by the TUC (Trades Union Congress) and Mother Pukka said that their current employer had rejected, or only accepted part, of their flexible working request.

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

News

Friday, March 25, 2022

| Nursery World

More than 100 nursery groups and early years providers have signed an open letter to the Government highlighting the dire situation the sector faces with recruitment at ‘an all-time low’ and settings struggling to survive after years of underfunding.

Exclusive: Living wage to create funding gap of hundreds of millions

News

Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

The introduction of the 'national living wage' (NLW) next April will push the nursery sector into a deficit running into hundreds of millions of pounds without serious commitment from the Government to reforming the system of childcare funding.

Childcare tax relief is change for the good

Opinion

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Proposals for childcare vouchers may not offer immediate relief but their benefits will be felt in the long term says Susan McGhee, commercial director of Bertram Nursery Group

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Features

Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

What do childcare providers need to know when it comes to helping parents with the 30-hours computer application system? Hannah Crown tries to plug the gaps

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

News

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have accused Chancellor Philip Hammond of prioritising support for pubs over nurseries, as he announced plans to offer some business rate relief in his Spring Budget speech.

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

News

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

News

Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance is calling for a shake-up of the way local authority education funding decisions are made.

Take twos - three sessions a day

Features

Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Historically the sector has worked hard to embrace flexibility when it comes to offering early learning.

Welsh providers urged to have their say on 30-hour childcare

News

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries, childminders and pre-schools are being asked for their views on the 30 hours offer in Wales.

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

News

Friday, December 2, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

News

Friday, December 16, 2022

| Nursery World

The DfE has announced that childcare funding is to rise by 3.4 per cent for three and four-year-olds and by 4 per cent for two-year-olds in 2023-24, while an extra £20m is being provided to help cover minimum wage increases

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

News

Monday, January 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Thousands of parents are struggling to get their code to take up the extended hours and to find a setting that is offering funded places.

Book your spot at our free business webinar on expanded childcare

News

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

| Nursery World

The expansion of funded childcare brings with it both opportunities and challenges for early years settings of all sizes to manage, with an increase to administration and paperwork.

Government to launch consultation on childcare ratio changes before summer

News

Friday, May 13, 2022

| Nursery World

The children and families minister Will Quince has confirmed today that the Department for Education will consult 'before the summer' on plans to raise the number of two-year-olds that one member of staff can care for in early years settings in England from four to five.

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

How is the impact of the 30 hours, National Living Wage and other increased business costs going to be felt across the sector? Hannah Crown reports

Opening time signalled for nursery group's £2m pub expansion

News

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A £2m expansion scheme is underway after a husband and wife-run nursery group purchased two former pubs.

Time for action on men in childcare

Opinion

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the Government to set recruitment targets to address the gender imbalance once and for all, says David Wright.

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Childcare costs rise above inflation

Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases'

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

Wales extends business rates relief for nurseries until 2025

Call to make flexible working the 'norm' as thousands of mums' requests are denied

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

Exclusive: Living wage to create funding gap of hundreds of millions

Childcare tax relief is change for the good

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

Take twos - three sessions a day

Welsh providers urged to have their say on 30-hour childcare

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

Book your spot at our free business webinar on expanded childcare

Government to launch consultation on childcare ratio changes before summer

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Opening time signalled for nursery group's £2m pub expansion

Time for action on men in childcare

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