Nursery News
MPs to debate Oliver Steeper's parents' petition against cutting nursery staff-child ratios
28 Oct 2022 News
Campaigners and early years chiefs have welcomed news that the proposed staff/child ratio changes are to be debated in Parliament on 14 November. Zoe and Lewis Steeper launched their petition back in May.....
Pregnant Then Screwed organises 'March of the Mummies' protests in cities around UK
28 Oct 2022 News
Tomorrow, over 14,000 mummies will be marching across 11 cities across the UK to call for better women's rights, including affordable childcare as well as improved maternity and paternity benefits. The ‘March.....
Magical Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 'set to be bigger and better than ever'
27 Oct 2022 News
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is set to open its gates again for its 15th anniversary, with event organisers promising it will be “bigger and better than ever”. Winter Wonderland will open on Friday 18 November.....
PM Rishi Sunak must 'tackle early years crisis' to fix economic crisis say nurseries
26 Oct 2022 News
Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spoken of “difficult decisions to come” but is being urged to tackle "the early years crisis" by investing in early years and scrapping government plans to relax ratios in nurseries......
Nursery supports four-year-old with cancer by raising nearly £1,000 for charity
24 Oct 2022 News
Mama Bear’s nursery and pre-school in Bristol has succeeded in raising £736 in honour of Apple aged four, who was diagnosed with cancer when she was three. Apple Smith who attended the nursery in Soundwell.....
Sales of nurseries hit 'unprecedented levels'
21 Oct 2022 News
Sales of day nurseries are seeing “unprecedented levels” due to economic uncertainty, spiralling utility costs, staff shortages and the nervousness of a recession on the horizon, according to a corporate lawyer specialising in nursery.....
Childbase nursery staff to get £3,000 tax-free bonus to help with cost-of-living crisis
20 Oct 2022 News
Full-time staff at nurseries run by Childbase Partnership are to get a tax-free bonus of £3,000 as well as an average 8% pay rise as part of an £8.5m financial support plan. Full-timers at the employee owned.....
Nursery manager lets children customise her awards dress with felt tip pens
18 Oct 2022 News
Children at a nursery in Carlisle were given felt tip pens and asked to customise a satin dress for the nursery manager to wear to an awards ceremony. Jude Coupland, nursery manager at the Yewkids Nursery.....
Staff at nursery gutted by fire 'shocked and saddened' by suspected arson
17 Oct 2022 News
Staff at a nursery, severely damaged in a fire, have said they are “shocked and saddened” at its “senseless destruction”, with police revealing the “fire is being treated as suspicious”. Six fire engines.....
Parents struggle to afford childcare says Children's Commissioner urging parental leave reform
12 Oct 2022 News
Parents are struggling to afford childcare, find a nursery place or understand the government’s 'complicated' childcare offer says England’s Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel De Souza whose new report states its time 'to fully modernise’.....
Kids Planet buys 4 Merseyside nurseries to add to 132-strong portfolio
11 Oct 2022 News
Kids Planet, which runs 132 nurseries in the UK, has bought four more in Merseyside from Waverton House Day Nursery group. The four nurseries, one of which is rated Outstanding by Ofsted and three are rated.....
Watchdog upholds complaint after child eats rat poison at nursery
11 Oct 2022 News
A three-year-old boy became seriously ill after ingesting rat poison at his nursery, prompting the Care inspectorate to uphold a complaint by his parents and highlight failings at the childcare setting......
Liz Truss looking at axing free childcare hours and giving parents cash vouchers
10 Oct 2022 News
Prime minister Liz Truss is said to be considering scrapping free childcare hours in favour of giving parents a £2,000 cash voucher to help them pay for childcare, as part of "a wide range of options" being considered by the government......
The Early Years Alliance launches winter toolkit to help families and staff through the coming months
10 Oct 2022 News
The Early Years Alliance has launched a free winter toolkit which will include advice on how to support families in poverty this winter. The cold weather presents challenges for keeping children and staff.....
Nursery leaders warn Liz Truss axing child ratios could have 'devastating' consequences
07 Oct 2022 News
Leaders from the National Day Nurseries Alliance (NDNA) and the Early Years Alliance are urging the government not to “charge ahead” with “extremely dangerous” ideas to scrap staff-child ratios in a drive to cut childcare costs. As.....
Nursery chiefs launch survey to gather fresh evidence of 'food nutrition' in nurseries
04 Oct 2022 News
The Early Years Alliance and the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) have launched a new survey about food and nutrition in early years settings to highlight any “key challenges” that can be faced when trying to “improve children's.....
London nursery group launches chef academy to ensure children get 'healthiest food possible'
03 Oct 2022 News
The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has announced a new online chef academy to help families through the “cost-of-living crisis” and ensure children get the “healthiest food possible.” Starting in November,.....
Oliver Steeper's parents' petition against cutting nursery staff-child ratios hits 100k
30 Sep 2022 News
A petition against government plans to reduce child-staff ratios in nurseries has reached 100,000, which means the government will now have to consider it for a debate in the House of Commons. Zoe and Lewis.....
5 minutes with June O' Sullivan, London Early Years Foundation CEO
30 Sep 2022 News
June O’ Sullivan is the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), which is a childcare charity and social enterprise with a total of 39 nurseries across London. Ms O’ Sullivan is a tireless.....
'Growing recognition' of value of early years as minister is given childhood portfolio
29 Sep 2022 News
Nursery chiefs have welcomed the appointment of Kelly Tolhurst as the Minister for Schools and Childhood, expressing the hope it shows a “growing recognition” that “the early years is a vital part of the education system”. Since.....