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EXCLUSIVE: Early Years Educator course funding faces axe

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Monday, February 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Funding for some Early Years Educator courses is set to disappear once T-levels come in, Nursery World can reveal.

Nursery teachers work five hours a week for free

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Education professionals are among those most likely to work unpaid overtime hours, according to analysis published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to mark the ninth annual Work Your Proper Hours Day.

Two early years teacher courses 'require improvement'

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

| Nursery World

Two early years teacher training providers have been rated 'requires improvement' by Ofsted for two years running.

Nutbrown Review - last chance to sign up for free consultation event

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Professor Cathy Nutbrown is holding one-day events across the country to give the early years and childcare workforce the chance to contribute to the qualifications review.

Tell us what you think about nursery chains

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Friday, December 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Do you work for a nursery chain? Would you like to? Fill in our quick survey and let us know what you think

Sign up for the best advice and information on caring for two-year-olds

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Tickets are selling fast for Nursery World's Two-year-Olds: Policy and Practice conference on 19 April, which features a fantastic line-up of early years experts all ready to share their knowledge and experience.

Call for nursery staff to renew first aid training every year

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Friday, June 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Nurseries are failing to deliver sufficient first aid training to their staff, Fred Owen, regional training manager of St John Ambulance will tell delegates at the NDNA conference today.

Sector feels the strain after fall in new Level 3s

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Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

A big drop in the number of learners qualifying with a Level 3 between 2014 and 2016 has put a ‘significant strain on early years settings’, according to awarding bodies and training providers.

Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Family First, one of the UK’s fastest growing nursery groups, has appointed a new chief executive to oversee its growth and focus on bringing the best quality employees to the team.

New project to test effectiveness of early childhood studies degrees

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| Nursery World

A new project to gauge the impact graduates have on practice in early years settings has been launched.

DfE seeks views on new experience-based route qualification for early years practitioners

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| Nursery World

A consultation on plans to introduce a new experience-based route for unqualified early years practitioners to count in ratios has been launched today.

Take a look at Nursery World's July issue in print and online

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

| Nursery World

The July issue of Nursery World is out now, packed with news, opinion, advice and information for the early years community.

Spotlight on ... Liz McLean

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Name: Liz McLean

Nursery World Awards shortlist revealed

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| Nursery World

The waiting is over and we can unveil the shortlist for the Nursery World Awards 2015

Early years trainer takes Government to court on re-sits

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| Nursery World

An early years trainer is taking the Government to court over rules which he says mean apprentices will be forced to take ‘completely unnecessary re-sits’ of their GCSEs.

Government deletes controversial rule over apprentices' GCSEs

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| Nursery World

The Government has formally abolished the five-year-rule, paving the way for GCSEs of any date to be used to complete an apprenticeship.

Apprentice funding cuts ‘hit poor’

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Monday, October 31, 2016

| Nursery World

The young poor are bearing the brunt of apprenticeship funding cuts, early years training providers have warned.

Nursery chains slam 'inadequate' Children and Young People's Workforce diploma

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Dissent is growing among major nursery providers over inadequacies in the content of the new Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce.

DfE consults sector on GCSE rules in wake of protest

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has finally responded to vocal concerns from the sector about the need to revise the GCSE rules for Level 3 early years workers, amid the recruitment crisis.

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.

Colleges cause confusion by stating need for GCSEs

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Monday, March 19, 2018

| Nursery World

An investigation by Nursery World has revealed that some colleges are incorrectly stating that Level 3 learners need GCSE passes at A*-C in English and maths to count in ratios or work in early years settings.

How to manage in difficult times

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Trainer and consultant Phil Churchill has designed a new workshop which is targeted at local authorities and nursery employers.

EYPs wonder where they fit into the Nutbrown vision

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Friday, June 22, 2012

| Nursery World

The recommendations made by Professor Cathy Nutbrown in the final report of her independent review into the early years and childcare workforce have received an overwhelmingly positive response from many experts and childcare organisations in the early years sector.

Qualification levels of nursery staff drop dramatically

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

| Nursery World

The proportion of nursery staff qualified to Level 3 or above has fallen to such an extent in the last four years that it threatens the quality of provision, the National Day Nurseries Association has warned.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

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EXCLUSIVE: Early Years Educator course funding faces axe

Nursery teachers work five hours a week for free

Two early years teacher courses 'require improvement'

Nutbrown Review - last chance to sign up for free consultation event

Tell us what you think about nursery chains

Sign up for the best advice and information on caring for two-year-olds

Call for nursery staff to renew first aid training every year

Sector feels the strain after fall in new Level 3s

Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

New project to test effectiveness of early childhood studies degrees

DfE seeks views on new experience-based route qualification for early years practitioners

Take a look at Nursery World's July issue in print and online

Spotlight on ... Liz McLean

Nursery World Awards shortlist revealed

Early years trainer takes Government to court on re-sits

Government deletes controversial rule over apprentices' GCSEs

Apprentice funding cuts ‘hit poor’

Nursery chains slam 'inadequate' Children and Young People's Workforce diploma

DfE consults sector on GCSE rules in wake of protest

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

Colleges cause confusion by stating need for GCSEs

How to manage in difficult times

EYPs wonder where they fit into the Nutbrown vision

Qualification levels of nursery staff drop dramatically

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

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