Nursery News
Military families in the UK to get free wraparound childcare worth £3,000
15 Aug 2022 News
Service families across the UK will be able to claim free wraparound childcare worth £3,000 per child from September. The Wraparound Childcare (WAC) scheme will provide up to 20 hours per week of free childcare.....
Pandemic 'disruption' sees Welcome Nurseries enter administration and sell 26 nurseries
12 Aug 2022 News
Nursery group Welcome Nurseries, which owned 32 settings, has gone into administration and sold 26 nurseries after being affected by “an extensive period of disruption and uncertainty” triggered by the Covid pandemic. The.....
Polio virus in London's sewers prompts children as young as one being offered vaccine
11 Aug 2022 News
Children aged one to nine-years-old in London are being offered the polio vaccine, after health officials detected the virus in the capital’s sewers. The UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA), working with the.....
Nurseries with fewer places in the North of England to be 'hit hardest' by 'minuscule' funding
09 Aug 2022 News
Nurseries in areas with fewer childcare places are facing a “minuscule” one per cent increase in local authority funding to pay for the government’s free childcare offer, which will threaten settings’ ability to “stay afloat”. Proposed.....
Nurseries warned to help stop monkeypox outbreaks following rise in cases
08 Aug 2022 News
A public health expert has warned nurseries must be prepared to prevent the spread of monkeypox, with the help of guidance, as cases rise in Scotland. Professor Devi Sridhar who is a chair in Global Public.....
Children soak feet in trays of cold water at nursery to stay cool
08 Aug 2022 News
With another heatwave forecast this week, nurseries up and down the country have been pulling out all the stops to keep children cool in the hot weather - including submerging youngsters' feet in trays of cold water......
New training programme will boost number of Level 3 SENCos in nurseries
04 Aug 2022 News
A new training course is being offered to 5,000 early years practitioners to help "address the impact" of the pandemic for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) from September. The.....
Children 1st opens new nursery in Derby with its own crazy golf course
03 Aug 2022 News
Children 1st Day Nursery, based in Long Eaton, has formally opened its latest nursery in Oakwood creating 20 new job opportunities in the local area and space for 167 children and enough land to play a round of crazy golf. Purchased.....
Tops Day Nurseries pledges to plant thousands of trees to tackle climate crisis
02 Aug 2022 News
Tops Day Nurseries with over 30 nurseries across the south and south west is committed to helping with the climate crisis by planting thousands of trees to help stop temperatures from rising a further 1.5°C. On.....
Happy Days nursery group secures funding for major expansion
01 Aug 2022 News
Happy Days Nurseries & Preschools group, which operates 18 settings throughout the south west, has secured funding from private equity firm Zetland Capital to grow to more than double its size. The nursery.....
Trafford nursery children have a 'blast' with paint during Children's Art Week
28 Jul 2022 News
Creating a masterpiece by throwing paint filled balloons and “having a blast” was the highlight for the pre-schoolers at a Trafford based nursery. The children at Back to the Back To The Garden Childcare - Altrincham nursery came.....
Owner of Britain's Nursery of the Year 'didn't think it would be running' 42 years later
27 Jul 2022 News
A nursery that has been ’full to capacity’ since it opened 42 years ago, has been named as the UK’s Nursery of the Year at the 2022 NDNA Awards for innovations that include a "challenging" no toy week. Monkton.....
Family First buys 10 more nurseries and plans to hit 80 nursery goal by end of year
22 Jul 2022 News
A chain of 10 nurseries has been bought by Family First - one of the fastest growing nursery groups in the UK which plans to own 80 early years settings by the end of the year. Its acquisition of nursery.....
Donations sought for nursery and homes burned down by 'heartbreaking' heatwave fire
21 Jul 2022 News
Donations are urgently needed to help a nursery and families who lost their homes in Milton Keynes as record-breaking temperatures in the UK caused a fence to catch fire. Staff at Kiddi Caru Day Nursery.....
Climate emergency brings wildfires to UK and nurseries' plastic-free July
20 Jul 2022 News
Fires across the UK on 19 July and a record-breaking temperature of 40.3C saw homes and even a nursery destroyed in a climate emergency that has prompted a childcare operator to kickstart a plastic-free July. As.....
Working parents brace themselves for difficult summer with childcare shortages and soaring prices
19 Jul 2022 News
Parents will struggle to find childcare this summer due to shortages, while prices have risen by five per cent since 2021 - with an average holiday club place (£148 a week) costing double the price of a term time after-school club......
Government launches £2.5m bursary to help students pay for childcare
15 Jul 2022 News
A £2.5m bursary to help students who struggle with study-related costs including childcare has been created for those applying for the government’s new higher education short courses from September 2022. Twenty-two.....
Kids Planet names Cambridge University nursery after popular professor
15 Jul 2022 News
Kids Planet has named its newest setting the Chris Abell Nursery after a professor who died unexpectedly in October 2020. Professor Christopher Abell was a British biological chemist and Professor of Biological.....
Busy Bees launches recruitment drive to find 150 catering apprentices
15 Jul 2022 News
With the hospitality sector being one of the main sectors facing a staffing challenge following the pandemic, Busy Bees is launching a recruitment drive to find new catering apprentices and help them gain a professional qualification.....
Brendan Clarke-Smith appointed new children and families minister
13 Jul 2022 News
The MP for Bassetlaw, Brendan Clarke-Smith has been made the new children and families minister that includes early years and childcare. He was appointed to the Department for Education (DfE) on Friday, alongside.....