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Remembering the Islington nursery workers strike 40 years on

News

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

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Forty years ago this month, a group of nursery workers went on strike.

Scotland's first minister commits an extra £16 million to boost the pay of early years staff

News

Friday, March 8, 2024

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The First Minister has announced £16 million of additional investment to boost the pay of early years staff in Scotland.

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

News

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

Early years job vacancies up by 146 per cent on pre-pandemic levels

News

Friday, February 16, 2024

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Job vacancies for early years practitioners have risen by 146 per cent since before the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals new data.

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

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Friday, January 12, 2024

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Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co is predicting more consolidation among nursery operators and a continued loss of capacity as a result of smaller settings closing, in market predictions for the year ahead.

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

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Monday, January 8, 2024

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Early years professionals explain what they want the sector, and their own operations, to achieve in the year ahead, against the backdrop of ongoing challenges

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

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Friday, November 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Catherine Gaunt spoke to Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education, about the findings of Ofsted's Annual Report for 2022-23.

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

Prime minister sets out plan to combine A Levels and T Levels

News

Thursday, October 5, 2023

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A Levels and T Levels will be combined into British Standard Qualification for 16- to -19-year-olds.

Research Nurseries: On a learning curve

Features

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

In the last of the series, researcher Gemma Goldenberg discusses what research- informed practice means to different settings and unpicks some of the differing views about what works

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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Cross-party MPs are warning the Government has more work to do with its incoming childcare policies to ensure children benefit from high-quality affordable early years education to help parents and providers.

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

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Friday, July 7, 2023

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The number of disadvantaged two-year-olds registered for 15-hour childcare is now the lowest ever, according to the latest official statistics, while the number of children of working parents registered for the 30-hour entitlement is at its highest.

Early years staff under stress due to unmanageable workload – survey

News

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Early years educators are struggling with their workload, with over a fifth reporting that they ‘frequently’ have ‘too much’ on.

Recruitment and retention of early years staff a challenge for most countries, finds Ofsted

News

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

| Nursery World

The workforce across the OECD is ‘struggling to keep up’ with the demand for childcare places, according to a new report from Ofsted.

Take part in an early years leadership survey

News

Monday, June 5, 2023

| Nursery World

A former nursery manager turned lecturer is carrying out a leadership survey and wants to hear from leaders or managers working in private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England.

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

News

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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Early years organisations, experts and consultants are worried that Government proposals on changes to early years qualifications, outlined in a consultation launched today, could lower standards and ultimately, the quality of care.

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

News

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Community, which represents early years professionals, is launching its Early Years Charter, which sets out the 'key' workforce changes it would like the Government to implement.

Under 35s are forcing a 'workplace power shift' in UK companies– survey

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

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A recent study by Bright Horizons has revealed that under 35s are demanding greater flexibility from their employer to accommodate their family lives and childcare needs.

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

News

Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Sector leaders and experts have welcomed the Chancellor’s focus on childcare reform in the Budget, but warn the funding promised will not solve the current crisis, and there is no detail as yet on funding rates for providers of the expanded 30-hour offer.

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Sector organisations have welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis.

Maggie Bolger: 'Why a £500 sign-on bonus for childcare workers won't work'

Opinion

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

| Nursery World

The childcare sector is in crisis. The issues are complex. We need realistic solutions, and we need them soon, says nursery owner and entrepreneur Maggie Bolger

Eight in ten Britons think salaries for early years staff are too low

News

Sunday, March 12, 2023

| Nursery World

New findings show that many people aren't aware of how low wages are for staff working in early years settings, with 8 in 10 believing their pay is too low for what they do.

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

News

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

There has been a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of available childcare places across England over the past year, with just half of local authorities reporting sufficiency of places for children under two.

Teachers strike to go ahead after education secretary 'squandered an opportunity' to avoid action

News

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Teachers in the National Education Union will go on strike tomorrow (1 February) after talks with the DfE over improved pay or funding failed.

Teachers to strike in England and Wales

News

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

| Nursery World

Teachers who are members of the largest teaching union in the UK are to strike over pay in England and Wales on seven dates in February and March.

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Remembering the Islington nursery workers strike 40 years on

Scotland's first minister commits an extra £16 million to boost the pay of early years staff

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

Early years job vacancies up by 146 per cent on pre-pandemic levels

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

Prime minister sets out plan to combine A Levels and T Levels

Research Nurseries: On a learning curve

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

Early years staff under stress due to unmanageable workload – survey

Recruitment and retention of early years staff a challenge for most countries, finds Ofsted

Take part in an early years leadership survey

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

Under 35s are forcing a 'workplace power shift' in UK companies– survey

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Maggie Bolger: 'Why a £500 sign-on bonus for childcare workers won't work'

Eight in ten Britons think salaries for early years staff are too low

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

Teachers strike to go ahead after education secretary 'squandered an opportunity' to avoid action

Teachers to strike in England and Wales

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