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Government funds Level 3 qualifications in early years for free from 1 April for over-24s

Thursday, April 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator course is one of 400 free qualifications on offer, in the Government’s attempt to boost skills and jobs, as the country recovers from the pandemic.

Fennies nursery group opens its own training academy

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Monday, March 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Fennies nursery group has launched its own training academy, offering CPD courses and a scheme for graduates.

Long-awaited Level 3 early years appenticeship standard approved

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Thursday, April 4, 2019

| Nursery World

The much anticipated Level 3 early years apprenticeship standard has been approved for delivery.

Level 3 early years apprenticeship could receive £8,000 funding

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard has now been approved, Nursery World can reveal, with increased funding in prospect.

'Inadequate' Learndirect stopped from taking new apprentices

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Learndirect, the biggest provider of childcare apprenticeships, has had its Government funding withdrawn after it was found to be inadequate by Ofsted.

Coronavirus: training providers facing huge drops in apprentice numbers

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Training providers are facing huge drops in apprentice numbers as settings start to close en masse and new apprentices stay away.

Early years T-Level 'will give licence to practice'

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Monday, June 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that the early years T-Level will provide students with a licence to practice upon completion.

Former chair of trailblazers seeks judicial review

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The former chair of the apprenticeship trailblazer group, which was stood down in February, is seeking a judicial review of the Government’s decision.

Childcare apprenticeships panel has just one PVI representative

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Members of the expert panel which will be vetting new early years apprenticeships have been announced.

New apprenticeship standard approved at Level 5

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

| Nursery World

A new level 5 apprenticeship standard has been approved for the early years sector – but only meets Level 3 requirements.

DfE's Early Years Bootcamp courses underway

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| Nursery World

A 21-year-old from Liverpool has become the first person in England to complete an Early Years Bootcamp course and secure a job in a nursery.

Apprenticeships panel appoints Eunice Lumsden following criticism over lack of sector experience

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

| Nursery World

A panel which approves apprenticeship standards for the childcare sector has appointed a leading early years specialist.

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders are urging the Department for Education (DfE) to delay finalising its proposed funding reforms for early years apprenticeships in favour of a more ‘joined-up’ approach.

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Training providers say they have lost faith in the Government to deliver the Level 3 apprenticeship standard – which has still not been produced five years after work on it started.

New Level 2 trailblazer group given go-ahead

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Friday, June 21, 2019

| Nursery World

A new trailblazer group has been set up to work on an apprenticeship standard at level 2.

'Considerable work' needed to improve the effectiveness of T-Levels, says Ofsted

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Friday, July 21, 2023

| Nursery World

There remains considerable work to do to improve the quality and effectiveness of T-level courses and the TLTP, to make sure that they fulfil their potential and can be offered at scale, according to a review of the qualifications by Ofsted.

Interview - Diana Lawton, nursery MD and apprenticeship campaigner

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Lawton, who is managing director of Our Monkey Club, was one of a number of people in the sector working on the Level 5 Early Years Lead Apprenticeship standard, which was approved for delivery in August 2021. The trailblazer group is now working on the Level 6 apprenticeship standard

Level 5 standard in dispute

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Monday, February 3, 2020

| Nursery World

A tug of war is taking place over whether the Level 5 apprenticeship standard should contain a foundation degree or the standard ‘licence to practice’ at Level 3, Nursery World has learned.

British Sign Language wins GCSE equivalent status for early years apprenticeships

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| Nursery World

British Sign Language (BSL) is to be included as an alternative to GCSE English in early years apprenticeships from 24 April, after years of lobbying from equalities campaigners.

Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years training provider Realise has committed to training more than 10,000 apprentices over the next five years to help settings address the ‘seismic’ recruitment crisis.

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Government funds Level 3 qualifications in early years for free from 1 April for over-24s

Fennies nursery group opens its own training academy

Long-awaited Level 3 early years appenticeship standard approved

Level 3 early years apprenticeship could receive £8,000 funding

'Inadequate' Learndirect stopped from taking new apprentices

Coronavirus: training providers facing huge drops in apprentice numbers

Early years T-Level 'will give licence to practice'

Former chair of trailblazers seeks judicial review

Childcare apprenticeships panel has just one PVI representative

New apprenticeship standard approved at Level 5

DfE's Early Years Bootcamp courses underway

Apprenticeships panel appoints Eunice Lumsden following criticism over lack of sector experience

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

New Level 2 trailblazer group given go-ahead

'Considerable work' needed to improve the effectiveness of T-Levels, says Ofsted

Interview - Diana Lawton, nursery MD and apprenticeship campaigner

Level 5 standard in dispute

British Sign Language wins GCSE equivalent status for early years apprenticeships

Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

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