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Take twos .. working in partnership

Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Partnership working with a nursery school and children's centre has enabled a private provider to meet the challenges of increasing places for two-year-olds. James Hempsall describes the benefits of its 'whole team' approach.

Big nursery chains set their sights on growth

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Business is on the up for the country's largest nursery chains as they seek out new acquisitions and continue with ambitious expansion plans.

Childbase cuts staff hours for better work/life balance

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery group the Childbase Partnership is reducing the working week for employees from 40 hours to 37.5, while ensuring that staff retain pay and benefits.

Sector survey finds settings fear two-year-old funding shortfall

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has launched an online survey of early years providers to canvass their views on the free entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

The Co-operative Childcare buys Oxfordshire nursery group

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Friday, May 4, 2012

| Nursery World

The Co-operative Childcare has increased the number of places on offer by 50 per cent in the last six months, firmly placing the provider in the top ten of the largest nursery chains in the UK.

Campaign to stop childminder deregulation

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In just under a week, 2,000 childminders have signed up to the National Childminding Association's campaign to keep childminders regulated and inspected as individuals under the EYFS.

Bright Horizons named in best places to work list

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, the second largest nursery group in the UK, has been named as one of Scotland's best workplaces by the Great Place to Work Institute.

Kidsunlimited nursery group opens 61st setting

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery chain kidsunlimited is continuing on a wave of expansion, with the opening of its third new nursery this year.

Treetops nursery chain secures 8m loan to fuel expansion

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Monday, April 30, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery group Treetops has unveiled ambitious plans to grow the chain to 50 nurseries within the next three years.

Provider numbers down, but childcare places on the up

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Monday, April 30, 2012

| Nursery World

There are more than 650 fewer nurseries and childminders registered with Ofsted than there were three months ago, according to the latest figures released by the inspectorate.

EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Thinking up imaginative ways to use their indoor space to develop children's physical development and renewed thinking about child-initiated learning are just some of the ways nurseries have been preparing for the new EYFS.

Nurseries should be able to call on Ofsted for re-inspections, sector says

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Friday, April 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Nurseries are calling for Ofsted to allow them to pay to have their setting re-inspected if they fail to meet the grade they expected to achieve.

Childbase employee-ownership report gets ministerial backing

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery group Childbase Partnership has received support from government ministers for its call for more employee ownership in UK businesses.

Business development: Winning the fight to stay open

Features

Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents and a local community association got together and used their combined business acumen to rescue a council-run nursery that was threatened with closure, as Karen Faux reports.

Quality Assurance, Part 4: Effective Early Learning

Features

Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Evaluation and improvement are seen as inseparable when early years practitioners undertake the rigorous EEL and BEEL programmes. Mary Evans hears about what they involve.

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Take twos .. working in partnership

Big nursery chains set their sights on growth

Childbase cuts staff hours for better work/life balance

Sector survey finds settings fear two-year-old funding shortfall

The Co-operative Childcare buys Oxfordshire nursery group

Campaign to stop childminder deregulation

Bright Horizons named in best places to work list

Kidsunlimited nursery group opens 61st setting

Treetops nursery chain secures 8m loan to fuel expansion

Provider numbers down, but childcare places on the up

EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

Nurseries should be able to call on Ofsted for re-inspections, sector says

Childbase employee-ownership report gets ministerial backing

Business development: Winning the fight to stay open

Quality Assurance, Part 4: Effective Early Learning

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