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DfE consults sector on GCSE rules in wake of protest

Sunday, November 13, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has finally responded to vocal concerns from the sector about the need to revise the GCSE rules for Level 3 early years workers, amid the recruitment crisis.

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

News

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 warning to early years sector

News

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

News

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.

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

News

Friday, July 1, 2016

| Nursery World

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

Action needed to recruit and retain early years teachers

Opinion

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government needs to end disparity between EYTS and QTS if we’re to recruit more graduates into early years settings, says Deborah Harris, senior lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care at Newman University

Nursery Management: Training - Under one roof

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Settings are trying to GCSE-proof future staff via bespoke training. Charlotte Goddard investigates

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

News

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.

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

News

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

Time for action on men in childcare

Opinion

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the Government to set recruitment targets to address the gender imbalance once and for all, says David Wright.

Link 30 hours to workforce development: PACEY

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

A Christian nursery worker sacked for comments about homosexuality recently won a case against her employer. So are equality and discrimination mutually exclusive? Katy Morton finds out.

Nursery Management: Recruitment - Staff wanted

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

A drop in the numbers applying for jobs, and in the quality of candidates, is leaving the sector floundering. Hannah Crown investigates.

Nursery Management: Poverty - Destined for failure?

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners know that part of their job is reducing the disadvantage gap. But what do they really think of poor children? Dr Donald Simpson, who has led a two-year study into practitioners'perceptions of poverty, reports.

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

News

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

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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.

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

News

Friday, July 31, 2015

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The requirement for those taking standalone Level 3 Early Years Educator courses to have GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above before starting the qualification has been removed just before the new funding year begins on 1 August.

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

News

Friday, July 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Low pay in the childcare sector could lead to a shortage in staff, warns a new report.

Government U turns over apprentice GCSEs

News

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Apprentices have been handed a lifeline after the Government climbed down over GCSE rules yesterday.

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

News

Thursday, April 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The UK’s largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a new training programme to help practitioners to develop children’s early language skills.

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

News

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.

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

News

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.

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

News

Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

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DfE consults sector on GCSE rules in wake of protest

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

Action needed to recruit and retain early years teachers

Nursery Management: Training - Under one roof

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

Time for action on men in childcare

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

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

Nursery Management: Recruitment - Staff wanted

Nursery Management: Poverty - Destined for failure?

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

Government U turns over apprentice GCSEs

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

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