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Level 5 standard in dispute

Monday, February 3, 2020

| Nursery World

A tug of war is taking place over whether the Level 5 apprenticeship standard should contain a foundation degree or the standard ‘licence to practice’ at Level 3, Nursery World has learned.

Prime minister sets out plan to combine A Levels and T Levels

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

| Nursery World

A Levels and T Levels will be combined into British Standard Qualification for 16- to -19-year-olds.

Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years training provider Realise has committed to training more than 10,000 apprentices over the next five years to help settings address the ‘seismic’ recruitment crisis.

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Business property adviser Christie & Co has published its first report on global workforce trends in early childhood education and care (ECEC).

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Busy Bees Training launches Level 5 Early Years apprenticeship

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Busy Bees Education and Training, part of the Busy Bees group, is now delivering the Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship programme.

Nursery group and childcare training company join club to address chronic skills shortages

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Friday, April 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Tops Day Nurseries and Aspire Training Team have joined The 5% Club – an employer led charity whose goal is to increase the employment and career aspects of young people and equip the UK with the skilled workforce it needs.

Best Practice Network chosen to deliver new Level 3 SENco training

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

The Best Practice Network has been awarded a contract by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver a new SENCo qualification from September.

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Settings are seeing an increase in candidates who are unaware that their qualifications are not full and relevant, which means that they are not suitable to fill roles. By Katy Morton

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'.

Cost of living crisis sees students cutting back on basic essentials

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Monday, July 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Apprentices and students are taking out loans, cutting back on food, or missing out on teaching time because they cannot afford to travel due to the cost of living crisis.

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.

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.

Number of graduates in nurseries 'plummeted' over last decade

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

| Nursery World

The number of graduate early years teachers in England has dropped by 77 per cent over the last nine years, finds new research.

Early years maths scheme to expand nationally

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| Nursery World

The early years ‘maths champions’ programme run by the National Day Nurseries Association is being expanded nationally with funding from the Education Endowment Foundation.

Workforce survey: Share your early years story

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years staff and volunteers are invited to share their experience of the pandemic in a new study, launched today by independent sector analysts, Ceeda.

New training programme aims to combat early years recruitment crisis

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Monday, November 15, 2021

| Nursery World

A training programme to support those who are unemployed to gain the skills and qualifications to work in the childcare sector and find employment has been launched with funding from the Mayor of London.

Government launches new flexible apprenticeships

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government is introducing new flexi-job apprenticeships so learners so can ‘earn while they learn’.

Hundreds of learners sign up for Level 5 early years apprenticeship

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

| Nursery World

More than 500 early years staff embarked upon the newly-created Level 5 early years apprenticeship in the first two quarters of the 2022-23 academic year.

National early years training provider extends its offering

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

| Nursery World

National early years training provider Realise has increased its offering with the acquisition of an independent training company which operates across Yorkshire and the North-East.

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Level 5 standard in dispute

Prime minister sets out plan to combine A Levels and T Levels

Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Busy Bees Training launches Level 5 Early Years apprenticeship

Nursery group and childcare training company join club to address chronic skills shortages

Best Practice Network chosen to deliver new Level 3 SENco training

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

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

Cost of living crisis sees students cutting back on basic essentials

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

Number of graduates in nurseries 'plummeted' over last decade

Early years maths scheme to expand nationally

Workforce survey: Share your early years story

New training programme aims to combat early years recruitment crisis

Government launches new flexible apprenticeships

Hundreds of learners sign up for Level 5 early years apprenticeship

National early years training provider extends its offering

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