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Call for next Government to prioritise 1.9m children struggling with speech and language

Friday, March 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Speech and Language UK has launched its manifesto to draw the attention of all political parties to help the one in five children in the UK who struggle with talking and understanding words.

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'.

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

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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.

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.

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

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Monday, December 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Welsh-medium early years organisation Mudiad Meithrin has announced it has been successful in its bid to fund a PhD jointly with Swansea University and Cardiff Metropolitan University on a topic relating to the early years and the New Curriculum in Wales.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Shortage of 11,000 early years teachers, warns Save the Children

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The children's charity is warning of an acute shortage of graduate early years teachers in private and voluntary settings.

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

News

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.

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.

Wales launches 10-year childcare plan

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Monday, December 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has unveiled a 10-year plan to develop the early years, childcare and play workforce to deliver its commitment to offer 30-hour childcare for working parents.

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 survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

News

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| Nursery World

All the hot early years topics are on the agenda at our annual summit, including surviving 30 hours and the progress of early years apprenticeships.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

News

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.

Mind the drop!

Opinion

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| Nursery World

Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for action to stop the decline in childminder numbers

Do graduates and ratings really make no difference?

Opinion

Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Following a study claiming that graduate staff and Ofsted Outstandings have little impact on children’s outcomes, a group of early years academics take issue with its methods

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

News

Friday, November 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government has announced further developments to its 30-hours free childcare pledge, as well as a funded package of courses to upskill its early years workforce.

£3m Childcare Works programme launches to support 30 hours policy

News

Saturday, November 5, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has awarded a £3m contract to ensure settings and councils ‘work closely together’ to create enough childcare to implement the 30 hours policy.

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

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Friday, August 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery workers in Brighton and Hove have warned children will receive poorer quality care if the council goes ahead with its plans to cut their pay and working hours.

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

News

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.

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

News

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A government-funded study published days after the Prime Minister pledged to roll out parenting classes to all, has reported the scheme will fail without proper financial backing.

Time for action on men in childcare

Opinion

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the Government to set recruitment targets to address the gender imbalance once and for all, says David Wright.

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.

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Call for next Government to prioritise 1.9m children struggling with speech and language

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

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

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

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

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

Norland Nanny principal joins campaign to regulate nannies

Shortage of 11,000 early years teachers, warns Save the Children

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

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

Wales launches 10-year childcare plan

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

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Mind the drop!

Do graduates and ratings really make no difference?

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

£3m Childcare Works programme launches to support 30 hours policy

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

All nurseries should have early years teachers, charity says

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

Time for action on men in childcare

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

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