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

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.

'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

| Nursery World

New research from the Family and Childcare Trust raises concerns over the availability and quality of childcare when the 30 hours starts in September.

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

| Nursery World

A new scheme to strengthen early years practitioners’ Welsh language skills has been launched by the National Centre for Learning Welsh.

PACEY launches #notababysitter campaign

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Friday, March 29, 2019

| Nursery World

PACEY has launched the next stage of a campaign to dispel myths about childminders and boost take-up of funded twos places.

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

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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.

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early years apprenticeship framework.

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

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Friday, July 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Low pay in the childcare sector could lead to a shortage in staff, warns a new report.

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The Mayor of London has named the three areas that will take part in the new Early Years Hubs scheme to drive the take-up of funded two-year-old places across the capital.

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

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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.

Complaints spark Teach First review

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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.

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

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Friday, July 31, 2015

| Nursery World

The requirement for those taking standalone Level 3 Early Years Educator courses to have GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above before starting the qualification has been removed just before the new funding year begins on 1 August.

An early years teacher needed in 'every setting in deprived areas'

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

| Nursery World

A nationwide shortage of ‘10,000 trained nursery teachers’ is putting a quarter of a million children at risk of falling behind, a charity claims.

£2.3m early years bursary scheme attracts handful of applicants

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

Labour has branded the Early Years Apprenticeship Scheme a failure, after just 23 apprentices were successful in applying for the funding.

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has responded boldly to the Government’s review of the red tape burdening early years provision, amid fears of a ‘tipping point’.

Early Years Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years wages remain significantly below the national average and out of line with inflation, exclusive research by Nursery World and the Pre-school Learning Alliance reveals.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare Level 3 qualifications are among 400 fully-funded courses for adults that the Government is making available for free from April 2021.

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders are urging the Department for Education (DfE) to delay finalising its proposed funding reforms for early years apprenticeships in favour of a more ‘joined-up’ approach.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

Minister confirms workforce strategy for next year

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Friday, December 4, 2015

| Nursery World

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed that there will be a workforce strategy established next year.

EXCLUSIVE: Early years workforce 'will get less well qualified'

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The current workforce is facing a ‘ticking timebomb’ of staff shortages combined with falling qualifications levels and an increasing reliance on unpaid staff, the Education Policy Institute has found.

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Training providers say they have lost faith in the Government to deliver the Level 3 apprenticeship standard – which has still not been produced five years after work on it started.

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

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Friday, October 23, 2015

| Nursery World

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

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Settings are urged to air their views in the Government’s apprenticeship levy consultation after a leading training provider warned that ‘catastrophic’ funding cuts are in store.

Nursery staff share best practice through Erasmus

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

| Nursery World

A nursery group's continental connections are blossoming in spite of Brexit with a ‘culturally immersive' childcare exchange.

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

'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

PACEY launches #notababysitter campaign

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

Complaints spark Teach First review

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

An early years teacher needed in 'every setting in deprived areas'

£2.3m early years bursary scheme attracts handful of applicants

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

Early Years Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Minister confirms workforce strategy for next year

EXCLUSIVE: Early years workforce 'will get less well qualified'

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

Nursery staff share best practice through Erasmus

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