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Apprenticeships - Making apprenticeships count

Monday, May 29, 2017

| Nursery World

What the ‘20 per cent off-the-job training’ rule means exactly, and how it can be delivered, have been causing headaches for employers and training companies alike. Ross Midgley has some answers

Charity wins funding to boost SEND expertise of early years staff

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

| Nursery World

Special educational needs charity nasen has secured £315,000 of DfE funding for an SEND training and resources project, with Nursery World as one of the partners.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

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.

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early years apprenticeship framework.

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| Nursery World

The Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency are merging to create one body, the education secretary announced in Parliament today.

'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

| Nursery World

New research from the Family and Childcare Trust raises concerns over the availability and quality of childcare when the 30 hours starts in September.

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

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Friday, November 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government has announced further developments to its 30-hours free childcare pledge, as well as a funded package of courses to upskill its early years workforce.

£3m Childcare Works programme launches to support 30 hours policy

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has awarded a £3m contract to ensure settings and councils ‘work closely together’ to create enough childcare to implement the 30 hours policy.

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 Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears

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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.

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders are urging the Department for Education (DfE) to delay finalising its proposed funding reforms for early years apprenticeships in favour of a more ‘joined-up’ approach.

Nursery Management: CPD - On course

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

In an austerity landscape, extensive free training is being replaced by more innovative councils with everything from partially subsidised to full profit-making models. Annette Rawstrone reports

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.

Nursery staff share best practice through Erasmus

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

| Nursery World

A nursery group's continental connections are blossoming in spite of Brexit with a ‘culturally immersive' childcare exchange.

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.

Training Today: Apprenticeships - Time to move forward again

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Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

From the new standards to latest developments on GCSEs and funding, we have compiled a roundup of the latest developments to hit early years apprenticeships

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’.

Council aims to narrow gap with 'fun phonics'

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Oxfordshire early years providers are being offered free 'letters and sounds’ training after EYFS Profile scores revealed the county’s most disadvantaged children were getting left behind.

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.

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Apprenticeships - Making apprenticeships count

Charity wins funding to boost SEND expertise of early years staff

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

£3m Childcare Works programme launches to support 30 hours policy

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

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

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

Nursery Management: CPD - On course

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

Nursery staff share best practice through Erasmus

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

Training Today: Apprenticeships - Time to move forward again

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

Council aims to narrow gap with 'fun phonics'

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

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