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Early years Welsh language scheme launches

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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

£2.3m early years bursary scheme attracts handful of applicants

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Monday, June 30, 2014

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

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

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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.

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

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Monday, September 19, 2016

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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

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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.

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

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

No funding for thousands wanting to do Level 5

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Thousands of early years and childcare workers are currently unable to undertake a Level 5 qualification in childcare because there is no Government funding available to them.

New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

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Childcare bosses are among the most likely not to pay the minimum wage, two recent reports have found.

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

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Monday, February 8, 2016

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Following the Government’s review of childcare costs, Dr Jo Verrill, managing director of Ceeda, asks if more use of ‘variable staffing models’ is feasible

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

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The DfE has extended the bursary scheme for graduate entry to Early Years Teacher Status courses to those with 2.2 degrees for 2016/17.

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| Nursery World

A total of 2m will be available through a new scheme in the run-up to the Early Years Educator qualification.

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

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Friday, March 31, 2017

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The Government’s apprenticeships policies lack focus and will not close the skills gap because they fail to concentrate on the sectors and regions where training is most needed, an MPs' report warns.

Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

We round up reaction from providers, sector organisations and others to Labour's childcare plans

Wales expands childcare training scheme

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Friday, March 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Wales has launched the second phase of a government-funded scheme giving participants the chance to trial a career in childcare.

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Early years Welsh language scheme launches

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

£2.3m early years bursary scheme attracts handful of applicants

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

Nursery staff share best practice through Erasmus

No funding for thousands wanting to do Level 5

New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges

Wales expands childcare training scheme

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