Safer nurseries with 3,000 more surprise Ofsted visits
Parents will have greater peace of mind as more surprise Ofsted visits, stronger checks and faster action help keep children safe in nurseries.
Thousands back campaign to prevent proposed closure of South Tyneside Council nurseries
More than 4,000 people have signed a petition urging South Tyneside Council to reconsider plans to review its early years provision, which campaigners fear could lead to the closure of as many as 12 nurseries based inside Family Hubs.
Paedophile nursery worker could have been stopped sooner, says former colleague
Serious concerns about a suspected paedophile childcare worker were ignored for months by nursery managers, a BBC investigation has been told.
Concerns over South Tyneside Council review of early years provision
Trade unions, MPs and opposition councillors have hit out at a northeast council’s plan to ‘review’ its early years provision amid fears nurseries could close.
Kido buys 269-place London nursery
Kido Schools has acquired a 269-place nursery in South West London.
Half of England’s maintained nursery schools unable to balance budgets as funding review looms
A recent survey reveals that many of England’s 376 maintained nursery schools face severe financial struggles.
Nearly three-quarters of nursery schools to cut costs amid pressures
Many maintained nursery schools are struggling to stay afloat, research shows – at a time when the government is talking up early years’ role in getting children school-ready.
DfE Early Years Champion urges sector to ‘work as one’ amid claims policy ‘pits school-based nurseries against PVIs’
Sue Robb has urged the early years sector to ‘work as one’ amid concerns that the Government’s Best Start in Life strategy ‘pits private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries against school-based nurseries’.
Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas
Qualified nursery teachers will be offered a £4,500 tax-free bonus to take jobs in 10 areas of the country with the most acute staff shortages.
School based nurseries 'far more likely' than PVI providers to receive an Ofsted ‘needs attention’ grade
An investigation by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) suggests that far more schools with early years provision are receiving ‘needs attention’ grades, than private or voluntary settings.
The school-based nurseries programme could be Labour’s early years legacy – but there are real problems with it
Something significant is happening in childcare policy in England.
N Family Club announces US expansion
N Family Club, which has 54 settings in London and the South East, has announced plans to expand into America with 80 nurseries expected to open by 2032.
Families of former nursery work Vincent Chan’s victims take steps towards legal action against council
Families of the victims of former Bright Horizons nursery worker Vincent Chan have taken steps towards a legal challenge against Camden Council over claims it has refused to investigate whether the nursery group breached health and safety legislation.
Camden Council faces legal action over child sexual abuse safeguarding failures
Camden Council is facing legal action over safeguarding failures at a nursery home where a man sexually abused children as young as two years old.
Families protest closure of charity-run Islington nursery
Families have gathered outside Islington Town Hall to protest against the planned closure of a nursery based in a children’s centre in the borough.