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Providers weigh up whether to leave early years sector

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

As the Government looks to double the number of free childcare hours for threeand four-year-olds, a new survey reveals that providers are uncertain about their future.

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities’ failure to monitor childcare provision, and a lack of available places, risks putting the Government’s childcare plans in jeopardy, warns a new report.

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

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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.

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| Nursery World

Children's charity Save the Children is calling for every nursery in England to have a qualified early years teacher by 2020.

Montessori seeks to resolve qualifications delay

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| Nursery World

Representatives from the Montessori and Steiner awarding bodies are meeting with officials from the Children's Workforce Development Council and the Department for Education in London in the next few weeks to discuss the future of Montessori and Steiner qualifications.

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| Nursery World

One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

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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.

Teaching schools to develop 'early years hubs'

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Twenty teaching school alliances are working together to develop local early years hubs to improve practice in the sector.

New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

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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.

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

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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.

Government launches child protection review

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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.

Norland Nanny principal joins campaign to regulate nannies

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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.

Experts call for expansion to slow on twos offer

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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

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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.

Lib Dems would give Early Years Teachers right to QTS

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrats would ensure that Early Years Teachers would be able to achieve qualified teacher status.

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The UK’s largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a new training programme to help practitioners to develop children’s early language skills.

Nutbrown Review: Final report maps way ahead for quality early years workforce

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

A new early years teaching qualification, minimum standards for maths and English, and clear job titles and roles, are among some of the 19 recommendations made by Professor Cathy Nutbrown.

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

New analysis of the early years workforce reveals a worrying time for the sector, with a downward trend in the proportion of qualified staff and the prospect that in the future the workforce may be less qualified than it is now.

Childcare providers call for relaxation of qualifications to tackle staffing 'crisis'

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

| Nursery World

An organisation of independent childcare providers in Ireland is calling for a temporary relaxation of the rules that all childcare staff be qualified to alleviate the sector ‘recruitment crisis’.

30 hours expansion: DfE commits £100m in funding to expand provision and EYFS regulatory changes

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Friday, October 27, 2023

| Nursery World

The Government has announced £100m in capital funding for early years providers to expand their provision ahead of the 30 hours extension, along with regulatory changes to the EYFS to provide more 'flexibility for settings'.

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Providers weigh up whether to leave early years sector

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

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

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

Montessori seeks to resolve qualifications delay

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

Teaching schools to develop 'early years hubs'

New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

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

Government launches child protection review

Norland Nanny principal joins campaign to regulate nannies

Experts call for expansion to slow on twos offer

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

Lib Dems would give Early Years Teachers right to QTS

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

Nutbrown Review: Final report maps way ahead for quality early years workforce

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

Childcare providers call for relaxation of qualifications to tackle staffing 'crisis'

30 hours expansion: DfE commits £100m in funding to expand provision and EYFS regulatory changes

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