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Parents face holiday childcare shortage

    News
  • Monday, July 11, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Nearly two-thirds of local authorities in England have cut their budgets for holiday childcare and play services since last year, a survey by the Daycare Trust reveals.

Leadership - How to be first-rate

    Features
  • Monday, July 11, 2011
    • | Nursery World
To improve a setting for 90 children, nursery leader Pip Otter carried out an audit, using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales (ECERS). This revealed strengths and weaknesses.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - New goals are set out

    News
  • Monday, July 11, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The first five years, the foundation years, are absolutely critical. We know experiences in these earliest years have the biggest impact on how a child's brain develops. It's when children grasp the fundamental skills they need to do well at school and develop as happy, resilient and confident children.

Nursery group set for rapid expansion

    News
  • Tuesday, July 5, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A Merseyside nursery group has ambitious plans to expand to become one of the biggest nursery chains in the country within the next five years, after gaining 'substantial' venture capital backing.

Busy Bees 12.8m makeover for Leapfrog sites

    News
  • Thursday, June 23, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Busy Bees is undertaking a multi-million pound refurbishment of nursery buildings and outdoor areas, as part of a nationwide programme to re-brand the former Leapfrog sites.

Risky play keeps children 'safe', expert says

    News
  • Tuesday, June 14, 2011
    • | Nursery World
If nurseries fail to provide opportunities for risky play, children can either become very quiet or make their own opportunities for adventurous play, the director of Play England has warned.

Interview: Linda Knight - The Co-operative Childcare's group childcare manager

    News
  • Monday, June 13, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The Co-operative Childcare has re-launched the first of the 23 nurseries it acquired from the Buffer Bear chain under its own branding, to mark the start of a 1.8m makeover for the combined group. The chain now runs a total of 29 nurseries across the country, offering more than 2,000 childcare places.

PVI nurseries get less funding than council settings

    News
  • Monday, June 13, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Private and voluntary nurseries are continuing to receive on average substantially less funding for free nursery education than nurseries in the maintained sector, research by the National Day Nurseries Association has revealed.

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