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Survey reveals early years sector's opposition to Government reforms

Friday, June 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Confidence among early years practitioners in the Department for Education’s consultative process is extremely low, a survey from the Pre-school Learning Alliance reveals.

Standalone children’s centres faring worse than merged centres

News

Thursday, June 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Close to half of standalone children’s centres were judged as ‘Requires Improvement’, the latest Ofsted figures show.

Margaret Hodge urges slow down on two-year-old expansion

News

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Former children’s minister Margaret Hodge said the Government should ‘hold their horses’ on the two-year-old offer and go slower, warning that to roll out places too quickly and compromise on quality would be a mistake.

Tax-free childcare not the solution, argues new report

News

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Today’s Queen’s Speech is expected to include the Tax-Free Childcare Bill, the coalition Government’s answer to making childcare more affordable and flexible for working parents.

Busy Bees acquires Surrey nursery group

News

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Busy Bees, the largest childcare provider in the UK, has purchased the Caring Daycare nursery group of 12 settings.

Quality and Inequality: It's time to level the playing field

News

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Settings catering to disadvantaged threes and fours offer lower quality, according to new research from the University of Oxford and published by the Nuffield Foundation. Lead author Sandra Mathers explains the findings and implications.

Editor's view - Graduates can make a big difference

Opinion

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

What message should we take about the quality gap in deprived areas?

Graduates close nursery quality gap in disadvantaged areas

News

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Employing graduates in PVI nurseries significantly raises quality in disadvantaged areas, according to a new study by Oxford University academics.

Bright Horizons named in top 50 UK workplaces

News

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been recognised as one of the ‘UK’s Best Workplaces’ for the ninth consecutive year.

Childminder numbers show further exodus

News

Friday, May 23, 2014

| Nursery World

More than 2,000 childminders left the profession in six months, latest Ofsted figures show.

Four Old Station nurseries sold to family-run group

News

Thursday, May 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Sarah Steel, owner of The Old Station Nursery group, has sold four of her ten settings to Children 1st.

Expansion for West Midlands nursery group

News

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Shooting Stars Nurseries has acquired a fourth nursery setting in Wolverhampton.

Government review reveals red tape faced by sector

News

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A Government review of the childcare sector highlights the bureaucracy providers face in meeting regulatory requirements.

Some early years support teams cut by half, survey finds

News

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of local authority specialist advisers for early years services has been cut by more than 50 per cent in some areas in England, new research suggests.

Owners fight council over living wage proposal

News

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery owners in Birmingham are launching a campaign against council plans to make private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers pay the living wage to retain early education funding.

Editor's view - Welcome to our variety show

Opinion

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Football, Ofsted, self-regulation, loose parts and China!

Positive Relationships: Childcare Hubs - Hand in hand

Features

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Charity 4Children is piloting Community Childcare and Early Learning Hubs to give parents a 'blended' solution, as well as encouraging providers to work more closely together.

The big picture: Preparing for Chelsea

News

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Children at Ashbridge Independent School and Nursery in Preston have been growing peas in preparation for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show at the end of May.