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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.

EYPP could help create 'teacher-led' settings

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government's consultation on the introduction of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) encourages early years providers to use the funding to make their settings 'teacher-led'.

Report calls for QTS for 'devalued' early years teachers

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Two decades of ‘relentless’ policy changes, lack of investment and low pay have led to early years teachers feeling devalued and ready to leave their profession.

Lack of action threatens Early Years Teacher Status

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Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

Frustrated university lecturers have said inaction by the Government over Early Years Teacher Status risks the loss of a graduate-led workforce in the sector.

Consultation launched on content and standards for updated Early Childhood Studies degree

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

| Nursery World

The sector is invited to respond to a consultation on a revision to the nature of Early Childhood Study degrees and the academic standards expected of graduates.

Early Years Teacher gears up for massive expansion

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Friday, January 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Significant expansion of the Early Years Teacher programme is underway with the number of training providers set to increase from the existing eight to more than 40 for 2014/15.

Low-paid nursery staff leaving for supermarket jobs, NDNA survey reveals

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| Nursery World

Half of all nurseries are saying that they can’t find staff to fill vacancies, according to the new National Day Nurseries Association Workforce survey.

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Early Years Teachers will no longer need GCSE English and Maths at grade C and above to count in Level 3 workforce ratios, following yet another Government revision to qualification requirements.

Bigger role for teaching schools

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Monday, April 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Teaching schools are to play a greater role in supporting the early years sector, Elizabeth Truss said last week.

An early years teacher needed in 'every setting in deprived areas'

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

| Nursery World

A nationwide shortage of ‘10,000 trained nursery teachers’ is putting a quarter of a million children at risk of falling behind, a charity claims.

Early Years Teacher survey opens

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Save the Children wants to hear from private, voluntary and independent (PVI) settings and early years practitioners to inform its research into the graduate workforce.

Early Years Teacher trainees down for a third year

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Friday, December 1, 2017

| Nursery World

New statistics show that the number of students starting Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) is continuing to fall with just 595 new entrants in 2017-18.

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.

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.

Concerns student loan changes could reduce number of low-income students attending university

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Friday, March 4, 2022

| Nursery World

There are fears changes to the terms of student loans could impact on the number of students from low-income families going to university to study subjects including degrees in early childhood.

University's Early Years Teacher course first to receive Ofsted outstanding

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| Nursery World

Sheffield Hallam University’s (SHU) early years initial teacher training (EYITT) programme is the first in the country to be rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Early Years Teachers 'doing more work for same pay'

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Friday, April 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Most early years teachers don’t receive graduate-level pay, unlike the majority of those with Qualified Teacher Status, a survey has found.

Network for Early Years Teachers launches next month

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Monday, January 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Early Education is joining forces with the Chartered College of Teaching to jointly run the Early Years Network.

Bids open for early years School Direct programme

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Nurseries can now tender for the School Direct programme, an initiative to train Early Years Teachers by giving nurseries more control over the training of their workforce.

DfE urged to make full and relevant qualifications list 'easier to understand'

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Friday, March 18, 2022

| Nursery World

There are calls for the Department for Education to make its early years qualifications list simpler, as confusion mounts within the sector over which qualifications are 'full and relevant' with many graduates finding they don't have a 'licence to practice'.

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

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Monday, June 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Kids Planet, the UK's third largest nursery group, has joined forces with the Best Practice Network to launch a new graduate training scheme.

Standards unveiled for new early years qualifications

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

The long-awaited standards for Early Years Educators and Early Years Teachers have been published.

Bright Horizons Early Years Teacher pilot scrapped for autumn

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A pilot Early Years Teacher training course, which trained staff for Bright Horizons, has been scrapped for September due to lack of demand.

Providers cut EYT courses due to low demand

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Monday, May 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Early Years Teacher courses are being scrapped across the country, while some new EYTs are going straight onto qualified teacher courses, a Nursery World investigation has found.

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Settings which employ a graduate are linked with improved outcomes for children which last up to the end of primary school, new analysis suggests.

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Fennies nursery group opens its own training academy

EYPP could help create 'teacher-led' settings

Report calls for QTS for 'devalued' early years teachers

Lack of action threatens Early Years Teacher Status

Consultation launched on content and standards for updated Early Childhood Studies degree

Early Years Teacher gears up for massive expansion

Low-paid nursery staff leaving for supermarket jobs, NDNA survey reveals

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

Bigger role for teaching schools

An early years teacher needed in 'every setting in deprived areas'

Early Years Teacher survey opens

Early Years Teacher trainees down for a third year

Two early years teacher courses 'require improvement'

New project to test effectiveness of early childhood studies degrees

Concerns student loan changes could reduce number of low-income students attending university

University's Early Years Teacher course first to receive Ofsted outstanding

Early Years Teachers 'doing more work for same pay'

Network for Early Years Teachers launches next month

Bids open for early years School Direct programme

DfE urged to make full and relevant qualifications list 'easier to understand'

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

Standards unveiled for new early years qualifications

Bright Horizons Early Years Teacher pilot scrapped for autumn

Providers cut EYT courses due to low demand

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

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