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Thousands of parents and childcare staff back petitions against PM’s plans to relax ratios

Thursday, May 5, 2022

| Nursery World

Parents and childcare providers in their tens of thousands have condemned the Government’s plans to cut the number of staff required to care for children in early years settings.

Bright Horizons acquires Australian nursery group

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has expanded into Australia with the acquisition of a nursery group of 75 sites.

West Sussex based nursery group re-brands and opens fourth setting

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

| Nursery World

Cranbrook Day Nurseries has re-branded to the Little Nursery Group and opened a fourth setting with £750,000 in funding from Santander.

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the country have been impacted by the pandemic, staffing challenges and sustained Government underfunding.

Children and families minister posts Twitter video in response to ratios row

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

Will Quince, the minister for children and families, has posted a video on Twitter in response to widespread criticism of reports that the Government is planning to cut the number of staff required to care for children in early years settings.

Government to look at ways to reduce childcare costs

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister has revealed that Government is looking at ways to reduce childcare costs to further ease the financial ‘pressures’ on families.

Ofsted launches five-year strategy to take account of pandemic's impact on youngest children

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published a new five-year strategy with a stronger focus on the inspectorate’s work in the early years, acknowledging that the sector has been 'hit hard' by Covid.

Nursery group Grandir complains to Ofsted after setting downgraded to inadequate

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Monday, April 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Grandir has made a complaint to Ofsted after one of its Kiddi Caru settings was downgraded from outstanding to inadequate, claiming the information in the inspection report is ‘unfair’ and ‘unfounded’.

Early years settings invited to take part in trial of intergenerational art project

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Friday, April 22, 2022

| Nursery World

An initiative that links young children with care home residents to share pictures with each other is being extended to early years settings to coincide with next week’s Global Intergenerational Week (25 April - 1 May).

Nurseries ban use of Nivea sun cream due to formula containing almond oil

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Friday, April 22, 2022

| Nursery World

A warning that some Nivea sun creams for children now contain almond oil has gone viral on social media among the early years community.

Government announces measures to help nurseries and schools be more environmentally sustainable

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

| Nursery World

The roll-out of training to support maintained nurseries to develop climate action plans is to be accelerated by the Government as part of plans for the UK education sector to become world leaders in climate change by 2030.

Nursery groups continue to expand

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Complete Childcare has opened its 15th nursery in Berkshire, while Fennies is opening its newest setting in Teddington this week.

Gymfinity Kids opens third nursery - acquisitions roundup

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

| Nursery World

The latest nursery groups to add new settings include Grandir UK, Kids Planet and Gymfinity Kids.

Labour pledges action on early years

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| Nursery World

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has reiterated Labour’s commitment to 'drive up' the quality, affordability, and availability of childcare.

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

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Monday, April 11, 2022

| Nursery World

High workload and workplace stress are significant factors leading to 44 per cent of teachers to say they plan to leave teaching in the next five years.

Coronavirus: Sector expresses frustration over expanded symptom list as free testing ends

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have expressed frustration that the expansion of the official list of Covid symptoms has come just days after free testing ended in England.

Councils urged to create more inclusive and accessible play spaces

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| Nursery World

Children's charities and play industry bodies are calling on UK councils to create more facilities for children with disabilities who they claim are currently excluded from many play spaces.

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

| Nursery World

The 75 local authorities chosen by the Department for Education as eligible for a share of £302 million to set up the Government’s ‘flagship’ family hubs in their areas have been named today (Saturday).

Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum

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Friday, April 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Wales’ education minister Jeremy Miles has praised the work of early years settings as they prepare for the roll-out of the new national curriculum for three-to-16-year-olds.

Take part in Nursery World survey on Ofsted inspections under the EIF

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Friday, April 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery World is calling on all nursery owners/managers to fill in its survey looking at judgements under Ofsted’s new inspection framework.

Government to end regular Covid testing of children in schools

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

| Nursery World

After tomorrow (Friday) only children with ‘a high temperature’ will be advised to self-isolate for three days, as the Government ends Covid testing in schools.

Early years settings struggle to access funding for rising numbers of young children with SEND

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of early years settings have seen an increase in the number of children with formally-identified SEND at their setting over the past two years, but four in ten receive no extra funding to support them.

SPA SESSION

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

As part of Children’s Mental Health Week (7-13 February), children at Dunky’s Day Nursery in Warrington took part in a yoga session.

WORLD BOOK DAY

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Children across Bright Horizons’ nurseries marked World Book Day on 3 March.

RATED GOOD

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Kids Allowed Christie Fields has been rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection.

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