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YMCA is to open a nursery in its new Newark and Sherwood Community and Activity Village – a community space integrating family programmes, education, sports and arts facilities - this summer.

Kids Planet grows to 113 settings with purchase of three-site nursery group

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Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Kids Planet, the UK’s third largest nursery group, has bought the Little Acorns (Huddersfield) Day Nursery group of three settings in West Yorkshire.

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

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Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Ministers urged to 'think carefully' when introducing new policies to reduce childcare costs

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Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government is being urged to ‘think carefully’ about how to support parents who need help with childcare costs as research highlights how current policies support a minority of families.

Report lays bare the impact of Covid on four and five-year-olds' development

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

| Nursery World

The pandemic adversely affected young children’s development with fewer reaching ‘expected’ levels by the end of Reception, according to new research.