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Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

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.

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

News

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.

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

News

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.

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.

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

News

Friday, October 23, 2015

| Nursery World

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

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

News

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.

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

News

Friday, June 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities’ failure to monitor childcare provision, and a lack of available places, risks putting the Government’s childcare plans in jeopardy, warns a new report.

Steps for change

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Monday, June 15, 2015

| Nursery World

Professor Iram Siraj says that Scotland should be proud of the ambition it has for children's early years.

Scottish workforce review calls for living wage for early years staff

News

Thursday, June 4, 2015

| Nursery World

The Scottish government has pledged £1m for early years workforce development, following a review that highlighted low pay and and qualification levels.

Providers weigh up whether to leave early years sector

News

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

As the Government looks to double the number of free childcare hours for threeand four-year-olds, a new survey reveals that providers are uncertain about their future.

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.

Charities call for graduate-led nurseries to boost children's early language

News

Thursday, April 9, 2015

| Nursery World

A coalition of organisations concerned with early language are calling for every nursery in England to be led by a graduate by 2020.

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.

Labour commits to protecting early years funding

News

Thursday, February 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years and school funding would be protected ‘in real terms',under a Labour Government.

Lib Dems would give Early Years Teachers right to QTS

News

Thursday, November 27, 2014

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrats would ensure that Early Years Teachers would be able to achieve qualified teacher status.

Free entitlement should be linked to quality of early years settings

News

Thursday, August 28, 2014

| Nursery World

A think tank is calling for early education funding to be given only to providers who can show they are ‘raising their game’.

Teaching schools to develop 'early years hubs'

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Twenty teaching school alliances are working together to develop local early years hubs to improve practice in the sector.

Childminders - Opposition to agencies persists

News

Monday, June 16, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government's approach is only fuelling concerns in the sector, says Pat Gordon-Smith.

Experts call for expansion to slow on twos offer

News

Monday, January 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Last week's appeal by leading early years experts to delay the expansion of the two-year-old programme was viewed by many in the sector as a timely wake-up call.

Funding doubled for early years apprenticeship scheme

News

Friday, November 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has doubled the funding available for the early years bursary scheme to £3,000 in a bid to encourage more applicants.

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Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

Time for action on men in childcare

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

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

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

Steps for change

Scottish workforce review calls for living wage for early years staff

Providers weigh up whether to leave early years sector

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

Charities call for graduate-led nurseries to boost children's early language

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

Labour commits to protecting early years funding

Lib Dems would give Early Years Teachers right to QTS

Free entitlement should be linked to quality of early years settings

Teaching schools to develop 'early years hubs'

Childminders - Opposition to agencies persists

Experts call for expansion to slow on twos offer

Funding doubled for early years apprenticeship scheme

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