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Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

Thursday, June 30, 2022

| Nursery World

The number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium has risen to 116,500, the highest on record, reveal national statistics.

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.

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'.

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.

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.

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

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Monday, December 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Welsh-medium early years organisation Mudiad Meithrin has announced it has been successful in its bid to fund a PhD jointly with Swansea University and Cardiff Metropolitan University on a topic relating to the early years and the New Curriculum in Wales.

Sector concerned DfE mentoring programme will put added pressure on nurseries

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The DfE’s new mentoring programme has faced criticism from the sector, with some raising concern it will take much needed senior staff away from settings already experiencing a recruitment crisis.

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.

Anglia Ruskin University launches new Montessori degree programmes

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

| Nursery World

From September, students will be able to study the Montessori method at degree and masters level remotely or face-to-face.

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.

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.

One university ditches EYT, while numbers rise at another

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

Amid falling numbers of Early Years Teacher students, the University of Worcester has dropped its course, although Greenwich university has doubled its intake this year.

Universities call for action on Early Years Teacher Status

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

| Nursery World

A letter signed by academics from more than 20 universities is being sent to MPs and ministers this week, warning that the early years graduate workforce is at risk.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Most parents want early years teachers in nurseries

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Friday, February 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Just under three-quarters of parents would rather send their child to a nursery with an early years teacher than one without, new research suggests.

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.

DfE criticised over lack of workforce strategy

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education remains vague over when it will publish its workforce strategy, despite criticism from a government spending watchdog for not having one while launching the 30-hours policy.

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.

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Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

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

Fennies nursery group opens its own training academy

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

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

Sector concerned DfE mentoring programme will put added pressure on nurseries

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

Anglia Ruskin University launches new Montessori degree programmes

New project to test effectiveness of early childhood studies degrees

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

One university ditches EYT, while numbers rise at another

Universities call for action on Early Years Teacher Status

Lack of action threatens Early Years Teacher Status

Early Years Teachers 'doing more work for same pay'

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

Network for Early Years Teachers launches next month

Early Years Teacher trainees down for a third year

Early Years Teacher survey opens

Two early years teacher courses 'require improvement'

Report calls for QTS for 'devalued' early years teachers

Most parents want early years teachers in nurseries

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

DfE criticised over lack of workforce strategy

Providers cut EYT courses due to low demand

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