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Action needed to recruit and retain early years teachers

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

In My View - Don't let go of the EYPs

Features

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

John Chowcat, general secretary of Aspect, the union for educational improvement and children's services professionals

Nursery teachers are not the only answer to closing the gap

Opinion

Friday, November 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Sue Martin, professor of early childhood education in Toronto, says that Save the Children's call for more nursery teachers is missing the mark

First providers of new EYPS revealed

News

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Some of the names of the providers that will offer the new programme of training for Early Years Professional Status have been confirmed.

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

News

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.

Nutbrown Review: at-a-glance guide to the main findings

Features

Friday, March 16, 2012

| Nursery World

Interim findings from the Nutbrown review of early years qualifications reveal the issues to be tackled in future, outlined here by Ruth Thomson.

Editor's View - Training the early years workforce is under the spotlight

Features

Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

It is fantastic that the Department for Education has asked Professor Cathy Nutbrown of the University of Sheffield to lead the review of early years training and qualifications.

Question mark over future of EYPs

News

Friday, June 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather cast doubt on the future of Early Years Professional status in her ministerial address to delegates at the National Day Nursery Association's annual conference.

New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

News

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Montessori settings will be expected to sign up to a new Code of Practice to endorse their professionalism and the quality of their early years provision.

Lords bid to save Montessori and Steiner qualifications in Education Bill

News

Thursday, July 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Amendments to the Education Bill proposed by the House of Lords are seeking to preserve the accreditation of Montessori and Steiner qualifications and to stipulate minimum requirements for nursery staff responsible for the care of children aged two and above.

Early years sector condemns Telegraph article and unites behind Liz Pemberton's 'vital work'

News

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

| Nursery World

The sector has rallied behind early years expert and trainer Liz Pemberton, after The Telegraph published what many consider to be a highly personal attack about her company The Black Nursery Manager, under the headline ‘Councils hire “Maoist” consultants to “decolonise minds” of nursery school children.’

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

News

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds the education system is ‘failing’ and calls for wide scale change including reform of Ofsted, increased early years funding and measures to ‘level the playing field’ between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

Irish Government delays introducing a minimum childcare qualification

News

Thursday, June 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Childcare staff in Ireland won't need to hold a minimum qualification for at least a year after a bid to boost standards in the sector was delayed.

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.

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 launches child protection review

News

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove and children and families minister Tim Loughton last week invited Professor Eileen Munro from the London School of Economics to conduct an independent review of child protection and social work in England that will focus on how social workers can spend more time with vulnerable children.

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

News

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) wants to hear from early years and childcare professionals in England and Wales for its annual sector-wide survey.

Agency childminders will choose employment status

News

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has provided more information about how the new childminder agencies will operate, saying that agency childminders will be able to decide whether they are self-employed or employees.

EYP case study: Small group 'thinks big'

Features

Thursday, October 11, 2012

| Nursery World

EYP Sarah Fillingham describes how her determination to give renewed impetus to a local network is gaining fruition

'More Great Childcare': Elizabeth Truss backs Teach First in early years

News

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The minister for education and childcare said the Department for Education would consider extending the Teach First scheme to the early years, a recommendation made by Policy Exchange, at an event hosted by the think tank to discuss the Government's response to the Nutbrown Review.

Norland Nanny principal joins campaign to regulate nannies

News

Thursday, November 26, 2020

| Nursery World

The principal of Norland College, Dr Janet Rose, has been appointed the first patron of Regulation Matters (RM), the campaign which calls for the registration of nannies and regulation of nanny agencies.

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 2 - No such thing as free?

News

Monday, February 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Ceeda’s second early years sector survey shows that less than half of 30-hours places are offered free of charge, while a third of training budgets are being slashed. Here are the key figures

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.

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

News

Thursday, July 18, 2013

| Nursery World

The Welsh Assembly has published its first early years and childcare plan, detailing ways in which it will support families and young children over the next ten years.

Complaints spark Teach First review

News

Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

The eligibility criteria for Teach First are currently being reviewed following complaints that applicants with early years degrees were unable to apply for the scheme.

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Action needed to recruit and retain early years teachers

In My View - Don't let go of the EYPs

Nursery teachers are not the only answer to closing the gap

First providers of new EYPS revealed

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

Nutbrown Review: at-a-glance guide to the main findings

Editor's View - Training the early years workforce is under the spotlight

Question mark over future of EYPs

New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

Lords bid to save Montessori and Steiner qualifications in Education Bill

Early years sector condemns Telegraph article and unites behind Liz Pemberton's 'vital work'

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

Irish Government delays introducing a minimum childcare qualification

Government U turns over apprentice GCSEs

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

Government launches child protection review

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

Agency childminders will choose employment status

EYP case study: Small group 'thinks big'

'More Great Childcare': Elizabeth Truss backs Teach First in early years

Norland Nanny principal joins campaign to regulate nannies

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 2 - No such thing as free?

Experts call for expansion to slow on twos offer

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

Complaints spark Teach First review

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