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Progress stalled in achieving a degree-led workforce, figures suggest

Friday, December 10, 2021

| Nursery World

New data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows the percentage of practitioners with degrees working in nurseries has risen marginally since the same research in 2019.

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten early years settings are struggling to recruit staff and half of them are having to turn away new parents because of staff shortages, sector research suggests.

Coronavirus: ‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving key workers without childcare

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Monday, August 2, 2021

| Nursery World

More than four in 10 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders in England have had to fully and/or partially close at least once since 1 June due to Coronavirus self-isolation rules, a survey suggests.

Coronavirus: Bradford nursery tells staff they must be fully vaccinated

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

| Nursery World

Ashfield House Day Nursery and Pre-school in Eccleshill has made it a condition of employment that by 1 September all staff must be either doubled vaccinated, or agree to become fully vaccinated, to work at the setting.

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

A quarter of nurseries (25 per cent) in England, Wales and Scotland had to partially close between March and May, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association and the Education Policy Institute.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

Call for nurseries to be more open about staff mental health

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

| Nursery World

Two-thirds of early years practitioners report that the pandemic has had an impact on their mental health and wellbeing, research by the Anna Freud Centre has found.

Nursery of the year - Building back

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Following a devastating arson attack, Honey Pot Garston Nursery had to rebuild – but the end result is an award-winning, Outstanding-rated setting. By Meredith Jones Russell

Family friendly employers now key to a productive and happy workforce, says survey

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Nearly half (48 per cent) of working parents regard family life as a higher priority now than they did before the pandemic, according to new research.

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nanny agency Koru Kids has applied to become an Ofsted registered childminding agency, with the ambition of creating 9,000 new nanny and childminder jobs.

Childbase Partnership settings awarded Green Flag eco status

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

| Nursery World

All 44 nurseries within the Childbase Partnership group have been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag accreditation for their commitment to exceptional environmental awareness and conservation.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

London’s largest nursery group is providing weekly lateral flow tests for its 700 staff, at a monthly cost of £23,584, because private and voluntary settings are not provided with home testing kits, unlike the maintained sector.

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and ‘follow alternative approaches’ if they choose as they plan to reopen to all children, in new guidance for early years settings.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

News

Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Nursery Management: Specialist teachers - Special delivery

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Bringing creative and sports experts into early years settings requires much thought and business planning, but the benefits for the children and staff alike can be enormous, as Nicole Weinstein discovers.

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Progress stalled in achieving a degree-led workforce, figures suggest

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

Coronavirus: ‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving key workers without childcare

Coronavirus: Bradford nursery tells staff they must be fully vaccinated

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

Call for nurseries to be more open about staff mental health

Nursery of the year - Building back

Family friendly employers now key to a productive and happy workforce, says survey

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

Childbase Partnership settings awarded Green Flag eco status

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Nursery Management: Specialist teachers - Special delivery

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