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Exclusive: PACEY Workforce survey finds childminders more confident than nurseries about the future

Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

While many nurseries are losing confidence in their financial prospects, childminders appear to be feeling more optimistic.

Do graduates and ratings really make no difference?

Opinion

Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Following a study claiming that graduate staff and Ofsted Outstandings have little impact on children’s outcomes, a group of early years academics take issue with its methods

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

News

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.

Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules

News

Friday, March 3, 2017

| Nursery World

The DfE has published the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework to incorporate the new Level 3 qualification requirements and first aid regulations.

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

News

Friday, February 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Newly registered childminders and childminder agencies can apply for grants of up to £1,000, if they are planning to offer the Government’s funded 30-hour childcare places.

Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'

News

Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A campaign group of childcare providers have lodged a complaint with the competition watchdog about the Government’s underfunding of the free hours.

Children’s services update - Mental health

Features

Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

John Simmonds argues that mental health support should be extended to early years as a priority.

30 Hours, Part 4: Northumberland - Help out there

Features

Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

In the country’s least densely populated county, Northumberland, the council is using the 30 hours trial to find out how to cater for geographically isolated families. Charlotte Goddard reports

Government lobbied to keep vouchers to save on childcare costs

News

Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents should continue to have the option of using childcare vouchers, say campaigners, who are calling on the Government to scrap plans to stop new users from being able to register for them.

Early years apprenticeship group dismissed in GCSE deadlock

News

Friday, February 17, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government has dispensed with the Early Years Apprenticeship Trailblazer Group following a long-running stand-off over the inclusion of ‘reasonable equivalents’ to GCSE English and Maths in the new Level 3 apprenticeship standard.

It's not 'free', it's funded!

Opinion

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government needs to come clean to parents that 30 hours funding will force providers to charge for 'extra' services, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of Pre-school Learning Alliance

Charge for extras to make 30 hours viable, Minister tells nurseries

News

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years minister Caroline Dinenage has told private nursery owners that they must charge parents for additional services if their viability is threatened by 30 hours funding rates that are less than the fees they charge outside the free entitlement.

Alliance wins data victory on DfE childcare costs report

News

Friday, February 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Research carried out for a DfE review into the costs of childcare has finally been published a year after a Freedom of Information request from the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

News

Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Higher-quality early years education does not involve ‘substantially higher cost’, according to new research commissioned by the DfE, which also found that maintained provision has higher delivery costs than the PVI sector.

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.

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Exclusive: PACEY Workforce survey finds childminders more confident than nurseries about the future

Do graduates and ratings really make no difference?

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

Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'

Children’s services update - Mental health

30 Hours, Part 4: Northumberland - Help out there

Government lobbied to keep vouchers to save on childcare costs

Early years apprenticeship group dismissed in GCSE deadlock

It's not 'free', it's funded!

Charge for extras to make 30 hours viable, Minister tells nurseries

Alliance wins data victory on DfE childcare costs report

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

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