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The NDNA fears that many nurseries already struggling to survive will close amid rising costs PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

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Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to reform childcare PHOTO Twitter
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Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

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London is England’s ‘childcare affordability blackspot’, according to the Nesta analysis PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

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Delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit at America Square Conference Centre in London on 7 March, 2023
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Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

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SEND improvement plan – sector response

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The Government has pledged provision to support all families and children with SEND, regardless of where they live PHOTO Adobe Stock
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SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

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N Family Club West Hampstead – the nursery group has the highest proportion of Outstanding Ofsted grades of the 25 biggest groups
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Nursery Chains 2023 – N Family Club stays at number one

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Nursery Chains 2023: Groups by size – gaining ground

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YMCA operates more than 80 nurseries and pre-schools in England PHOTO YMCA
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YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

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Sadiq Khan visited his old school Fircroft Primary, in Tooting, on 20 February PHOTO Mayor of London
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All primary children in London to receive free school meals for a year

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Staff turnover in early years settings is 'astronomical', according to one nursery group owner PHOTO Adobe Stock
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High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

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Robert Peston (left) with Christie & Co managing directors Carine Bonnejean, hotels, Simon Hughes, medical, Courteney Donaldson, childcare & education at the British Museum Business Outlook report launch event on 19 January 2023
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Consolidation in nursery market set to continue, following highs of 2022 deals

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Pebble Brook Primary School Crewe PHOTO: Google
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Council seeks to extend age range to two years at primary schools following nursery closures

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Kindred Nurseries has plans to expand to more than 40 nurseries PHOTO Supplied
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Kindred Nurseries acquires North London group

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Professor Cathy Nutbrown has been made a Dame in the New Year Honours list
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New Year Honours 2023: Professor Cathy Nutbrown made a Dame

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Early year providers and parents are calling for more investment and say childcare reforms are urgently needed PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

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