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Universities call for action on Early Years Teacher Status

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.

Nutbrown Review gives qualifications stay of execution

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| Nursery World

Plans to rationalise the sector's 361 early years qualifications have been put on hold by the Children's Workforce Development Council in the light of the Nutbrown Review .

Early years qualifications: put your questions to Cathy Nutbrown

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

| Nursery World

Do you want to bring back the NNEB? Are graduate leaders the way to go? Professor Cathy Nutbrown is giving Nursery World readers an exclusive opportunity to have your questions answered

Nutbrown Review: Training providers 'not up to scratch', says NDNA

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Monday, January 30, 2012

| Nursery World

Training providers should be more tightly controlled, the National Day Nurseries Association has said in its response to the Government's review on early years qualifications, amid concerns that courses are not preparing childcare students for working in nurseries.

Pre-School Learning Alliance to open its doors to childminders

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance is to offer childminders a bespoke membership package from early next year, following the National Childminding Association's bid to attract a wider membership under a new name.

Playwork diplomas are valid for nursery jobs

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

New playwork qualifications have been accepted on the Qualifications List as valid for working in early years settings, following confirmation from the CWDC.

Analysis: Early Years Foundation Degree - Students may have to pay a high price

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Funding for the early years foundation degree is being withdrawn by some local authorities, with a damaging impact on EYP Status and career prospects for the workforce. Karen Faux investigates.

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

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Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Following the Government’s review of childcare costs, Dr Jo Verrill, managing director of Ceeda, asks if more use of ‘variable staffing models’ is feasible

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

| Nursery World

The DfE has extended the bursary scheme for graduate entry to Early Years Teacher Status courses to those with 2.2 degrees for 2016/17.

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

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Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years experts and academics have slammed the new Early Years Teacher standards, which were set out last week by the National College of Teaching and Leadership.

GCSE Level 3 rules scrapped as Early Years Workforce Strategy is released

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Friday, March 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Functional skills will be reinstated as alternatives to GCSEs in English and maths for Level 3 qualifications, the early years minister Caroline Dinenage confirmed today.

Support staff pay scale is put on hold

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

The future of a national pay and conditions scale for early years and support staff in maintained schools in England is in doubt, as work by the body set up by the previous Government to determine the framework has been put on hold by the coalition Government.

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| Nursery World

A major new report released today (11 March) calls for urgent action to protect and expand maintained nursery schools, as many are being closed or amalgamated.

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have today announced increases to the national minimum wage, including a 20 per cent rise to the amount apprentices are paid an hour.

Gove's action plan to attract more outstanding teachers

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Training bursaries of up to 9,000 will be made available for all for top graduates applying to become primary school teachers, in plans to attract the best trainees to choose teaching as a career.

Parents want men in nurseries but male school leavers 'not interested' in childcare

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

| Nursery World

New research has found that while the majority of parents are in favour of men working in nurseries, most male students would not consider childcare as a career.

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| Nursery World

All the hot early years topics are on the agenda at our annual summit, including surviving 30 hours and the progress of early years apprenticeships.

Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

| Nursery World

A new sector-led campaign with schools and colleges aims to encourage more young people to consider childcare as a career.

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

| Nursery World

The new apprenticeship funding system could result in lower wages for employees, a think tank has claimed.

Revised Early Years Foundation Stage: new framework is out

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

| Nursery World

The hotly anticipated revised Early Years Foundation Stage has been published by the Department for Education.

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| Nursery World

A total of 2m will be available through a new scheme in the run-up to the Early Years Educator qualification.

IfA extends early years T-Level consultation again

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The deadline for the consultation on the Education and Childcare T-level has been extended again until the end of the month.

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) will be reviewed by the national education awarding organisation NCFE in the summer.

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

The pipeline feeding Level 3 childcare staff into the sector is drying up, and we have the data to prove it. Hannah Crown speaks to a sector in crisis

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s apprenticeships policies lack focus and will not close the skills gap because they fail to concentrate on the sectors and regions where training is most needed, an MPs' report warns.

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Universities call for action on Early Years Teacher Status

Nutbrown Review gives qualifications stay of execution

Early years qualifications: put your questions to Cathy Nutbrown

Nutbrown Review: Training providers 'not up to scratch', says NDNA

Pre-School Learning Alliance to open its doors to childminders

Playwork diplomas are valid for nursery jobs

Analysis: Early Years Foundation Degree - Students may have to pay a high price

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

GCSE Level 3 rules scrapped as Early Years Workforce Strategy is released

Support staff pay scale is put on hold

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

Gove's action plan to attract more outstanding teachers

Parents want men in nurseries but male school leavers 'not interested' in childcare

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

Revised Early Years Foundation Stage: new framework is out

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

IfA extends early years T-Level consultation again

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

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