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The greatest threat to nurseries is Government underfunding, not 'risky, financial operating models'

Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Responding to a UCL report that suggests the nursery sector is at risk of collapse due to private nursery groups' high levels of debt, Courteney Donaldson of Christie & Co says 'chronic' Government underfunding is often the reason for financial losses and setting closures.

Is financialisation putting childcare provision in England at risk?

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Antonia Simon, associate professor at UCL Social Research Institute, warns that the nursery sector is at risk of following in the footsteps of adult social care with a 'spectacular collapse' due to the high levels of debt at many large private childcare operators which are buying nurseries.

Welcome Nurseries commits to improving Smarties Nursery after concerns raised

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

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

Bright Horizons fined £800,000 over toddler death

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| Nursery World

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.

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.

Old Station Nursery group expands to 53 settings

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Monday, January 17, 2022

| Nursery World

The Old Station Nursery group, part of French operator La Maison Bleue, has bought a chain of eight nurseries.

Childminders ineligible for £500 payment when forced to close due to household Covid cases

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Friday, January 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Childminders are facing a lack of financial support as many are ineligible for the £500 Track and Trace support payment when they are forced to close their setting due to household members testing positive for Covid.

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

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Friday, January 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Around one in five early years staff were off work due to Covid during the first week of the new term, a new snap poll by the National Day Nurseries Association has found.

Sector outraged by new ‘insensitive’ Ofsted guidance on reporting employees’ ‘emotional issues’

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

| Nursery World

The early years sector is up in arms about new Ofsted guidance that states providers must report any changes to an employees’ health including depression, ‘stress-related’ or emotional issues.

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

| Nursery World

In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

Guided play as effective as adult-led instruction for children's learning and development

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

| Nursery World

A new study finds that learning through guided play can be as effective as adult-led instruction and, in some cases, it can have a greater impact on children’s numeracy.

Early years settings told they can relax ratios as Covid deemed an 'exceptional circumstance'

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has confirmed that early years settings struggling with staff absences due to Covid can relax their ratios in line with the EYFS.

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