What is 2 Year Old Early Years Education? This is a scheme that allows eligible children to receive free early years education from the term after their second birthday. This is part of a national offer from the Department for Education (DfE) and has been developed to improve outcomes for identified two year olds who would benefit from accessing high quality early years and
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We are looking for a fun apprentice who would like to learn to be an brilliant Nursery Nurse and train on the job.

The Government announced earlier this week that tax relief for childcare will be extended to self-employed as well as employed parents from April 2015. The amount of tax relief available per child will increase substantially. The new scheme will provide basic rate tax relief on up to £6,000 of childcare per child, providing both parents are working and their earnings do not exceed £150,000 each.
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The Buttercups and The Bluebells have been taking part in many fun filled activities today in aid of all things Red for Comic Relief!, we have made “Red nose biscuits”, had our faces painted with spots and made our own glittery red noses.

The goverment has announced that because nursery/childminders ratios are tighter in England than most of Europe they have proposed to allow nurseries and childminders to increase the adult:child ratio. This would make childcare more affordable but may compromise quality of care.

We would like to congratulate Tracey and Ian on their nuptials in September. Tracey is currently on her honeymoon and we will welcome Mrs Tracey Atkinson back to work mid October.

We are all getting ready for our Jubilee Tea Party tomorrow and hope the weather stays nice!! See you all tomorrow from 3.30pm, overflow parking in the grow unit.

Sue French joined the nursery in 1996 and worked for 6 years with the babies. After suffering with a bad back Sue decided a change of career would help, but after a few months Sue missed her babies so much she came back to be with them! Sue has now been with us 10 years (16 years in total) so to celebrate she has received
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Please enjoy looking through our new website, it has taken sometime but we are very pleased with the results, big thanks to Jamie and Angie at SHO Design and Anne Buckingham.

We have set up a Twitter account. Keep an eye out for Tweets from us with short stories about the Nursery, PlayAway and DayAway clubs.
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