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Early Years Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears

Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years wages remain significantly below the national average and out of line with inflation, exclusive research by Nursery World and the Pre-school Learning Alliance reveals.

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

Graduate-led sector made 'pipe-dream' by new funding formula

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Friday, September 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s dreams of a childcare sector led by graduates could remain just that if proposals to strip town halls of powers to pay ‘quality supplements’ get the go ahead, sector leaders have warned.

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Settings are urged to air their views in the Government’s apprenticeship levy consultation after a leading training provider warned that ‘catastrophic’ funding cuts are in store.

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

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Friday, August 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery workers in Brighton and Hove have warned children will receive poorer quality care if the council goes ahead with its plans to cut their pay and working hours.

Opening time signalled for nursery group's £2m pub expansion

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A £2m expansion scheme is underway after a husband and wife-run nursery group purchased two former pubs.

Outrage over Leadsom's comments that male childcarers might be paedophiles

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Friday, July 15, 2016

| Nursery World

The early years sector has been outraged by comments made by Andrea Leadsom, the new environment and rural affairs secretary, who claimed that men who worked in childcare might be paedophiles.

DfE takes on wider role in PM's reshuffle

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

| Nursery World

Newly appointed education secretary Justine Greening takes on an expanded government department, which will include responsibility for further education, higher education and skills.

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

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Friday, July 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Sam Gyimah has promised a review of the GCSE requirements at Level 3.

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has responded boldly to the Government’s review of the red tape burdening early years provision, amid fears of a ‘tipping point’.

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| Nursery World

Children's charity Save the Children is calling for every nursery in England to have a qualified early years teacher by 2020.

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.

£4.3m 'Troops to Teachers fail'

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s multimillion Troops to Teachers scheme has produced 28 graduates since it was launched.

Scotland will 'miss education goals' with falling early years teacher numbers

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Monday, February 15, 2016

| Nursery World

A failure to address dwindling teacher numbers in Scotland’s early years settings will hold back government goals to tackle the impact of deprivation on education, the country’s largest teaching union has warned.

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

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A government-funded study published days after the Prime Minister pledged to roll out parenting classes to all, has reported the scheme will fail without proper financial backing.

Link 30 hours to workforce development: PACEY

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Monday, January 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Ministers should consider restricting the 30-hour offer to those settings that are graded Good or Outstanding, a leading early years organisation argues.

Minister confirms workforce strategy for next year

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Friday, December 4, 2015

| Nursery World

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed that there will be a workforce strategy established next year.

Clash over GCSE equivalents

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Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

A leading group of employers are at loggerheads with the Government over equivalents to GCSEs for early years qualifications.

Close to six million people earning less than a living wage

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| Nursery World

New research suggests that 5.84 million people are paid less than the Living Wage and of these 280,000 work in the childcare and related personal services sector.

Tax credit cut to hit early years workers hard

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

| Nursery World

As the Government faced a revolt in the House of Lords with peers voting to delay cuts to tax credits, a new analysis shows nursery nurses would be among those in jobs hardest hit from next April.

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

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Friday, October 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Delivering Budget 2016, Ireland’s ministers announced €85m in new childcare funding to improve the country’s provision.

New professional teaching assistant standards scrapped

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Friday, October 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The Government has decided against publishing new draft standards drawn up to raise the status and professonalism of teaching assistants.

Calls for the Irish Government to address early years ‘crisis’

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

| Nursery World

Ahead of next month's budget, early years organisation Start Strong is urging the government to invest in quality care for young children.

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.

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Early Years Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Graduate-led sector made 'pipe-dream' by new funding formula

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

Opening time signalled for nursery group's £2m pub expansion

Outrage over Leadsom's comments that male childcarers might be paedophiles

DfE takes on wider role in PM's reshuffle

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

£4.3m 'Troops to Teachers fail'

Scotland will 'miss education goals' with falling early years teacher numbers

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

Link 30 hours to workforce development: PACEY

Minister confirms workforce strategy for next year

Clash over GCSE equivalents

Close to six million people earning less than a living wage

Tax credit cut to hit early years workers hard

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

New professional teaching assistant standards scrapped

Calls for the Irish Government to address early years ‘crisis’

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

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