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Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years training provider Realise has committed to training more than 10,000 apprentices over the next five years to help settings address the ‘seismic’ recruitment crisis.

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

News

Thursday, October 5, 2023

| Nursery World

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

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

News

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

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.

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

News

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Settings are seeing an increase in candidates who are unaware that their qualifications are not full and relevant, which means that they are not suitable to fill roles. By Katy Morton

Programme director Lyn Challender on the new phase of the Early Years Professional Development Programme

Opinion

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

| Nursery World

The Education Development Trust's programme director explains how Phase 3 of the DfE's Early Years Professional Development Programme (EYPDP), which they are delivering, aims to tackle the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Early years leadership qualifications: Part 4 - Fit for purpose

Features

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

| Nursery World

What support and training is available that can be tailored to settings’ particular needs? Charlotte Goddard reports

National early years training provider extends its offering

News

Thursday, September 8, 2022

| Nursery World

National early years training provider Realise has increased its offering with the acquisition of an independent training company which operates across Yorkshire and the North-East.

Early years leadership qualifications: part 1 - Baby brains

Features

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

In the first part of a new series on leadership qualifications, Charlotte Goddard focuses on the role of baby room leader.

First education and childcare T-Level students receive their results

News

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

| Nursery World

Over 93 per cent of the first education and childcare T-level students in England have achieved a pass or above.

Best Practice Network chosen to deliver new Level 3 SENco training

News

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

The Best Practice Network has been awarded a contract by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver a new SENCo qualification from September.

Cost of living crisis sees students cutting back on basic essentials

News

Monday, July 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Apprentices and students are taking out loans, cutting back on food, or missing out on teaching time because they cannot afford to travel due to the cost of living crisis.

Sector invited to contribute to Level 3 Early Years Educator review

News

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

| Nursery World

The review of the Early Years Educator (EYE) qualification has opened for feedback from the sector and parents.

Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

News

Thursday, June 30, 2022

| Nursery World

The number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium has risen to 116,500, the highest on record, reveal national statistics.

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) will be reviewed by the national education awarding organisation NCFE in the summer.

Hundreds of learners sign up for Level 5 early years apprenticeship

News

Thursday, May 12, 2022

| Nursery World

More than 500 early years staff embarked upon the newly-created Level 5 early years apprenticeship in the first two quarters of the 2022-23 academic year.

DfE urged to make full and relevant qualifications list 'easier to understand'

News

Friday, March 18, 2022

| Nursery World

There are calls for the Department for Education to make its early years qualifications list simpler, as confusion mounts within the sector over which qualifications are 'full and relevant' with many graduates finding they don't have a 'licence to practice'.

Concerns student loan changes could reduce number of low-income students attending university

News

Friday, March 4, 2022

| Nursery World

There are fears changes to the terms of student loans could impact on the number of students from low-income families going to university to study subjects including degrees in early childhood.

New training programme aims to combat early years recruitment crisis

News

Monday, November 15, 2021

| Nursery World

A training programme to support those who are unemployed to gain the skills and qualifications to work in the childcare sector and find employment has been launched with funding from the Mayor of London.

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

News

Friday, October 29, 2021

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is to review and reform level 3 early years qualifications as part of its measures to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young children.

Montessori Centre International to offer NCFE Level 3 and 4 qualifications

News

Thursday, September 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International (MCI) has been approved to deliver Early Years Educator (EYE) qualifications by awarding body NCFE.

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

News

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.

Qualifications - Too much choice?

Features

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Research shows that prospective students must navigate their way through 320 early years degrees on the UCAS application system. Verity Campbell-Barr and Katherine Gulliver, authors of a new report, set out their findings

Training Today: Level 3 Apprenticeship - On the level

Features

Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

The Level 3 apprenticeship was finally approved in spring 2019. Charlotte Goddard tracks the first cohort of apprentices to find out what they, and their early years employers, make of the new standard so far

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

News

Thursday, December 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Settings which employ a graduate are linked with improved outcomes for children which last up to the end of primary school, new analysis suggests.

‘Generations of talent being lost through lack of investment in early years workforce’

News

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

| Nursery World

A new report urges the Government to improve the training, pay and conditions of early years staff to support all children’s learning and development before they start school.

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Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

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

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

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

Programme director Lyn Challender on the new phase of the Early Years Professional Development Programme

Early years leadership qualifications: Part 4 - Fit for purpose

National early years training provider extends its offering

Early years leadership qualifications: part 1 - Baby brains

First education and childcare T-Level students receive their results

Best Practice Network chosen to deliver new Level 3 SENco training

Cost of living crisis sees students cutting back on basic essentials

Sector invited to contribute to Level 3 Early Years Educator review

Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

Hundreds of learners sign up for Level 5 early years apprenticeship

DfE urged to make full and relevant qualifications list 'easier to understand'

Concerns student loan changes could reduce number of low-income students attending university

New training programme aims to combat early years recruitment crisis

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

Montessori Centre International to offer NCFE Level 3 and 4 qualifications

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

Qualifications - Too much choice?

Training Today: Level 3 Apprenticeship - On the level

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

‘Generations of talent being lost through lack of investment in early years workforce’

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