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Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| Nursery World

The early years skills gap has increased by over 2 per cent in the last five years, putting ‘immense pressure' on setting managers’ workloads and stress levels’, according to new research.

Early years workforce: 'Forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

| Nursery World

One in 8 childcare workers is paid less than £5 an hour and many are forced to take on second jobs to make ends meet, a report commissioned by the Government’s Social Mobility Commission has found.

Get your tickets to our Sustainability in the Early Years conference

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

| Nursery World

There's just less than a month to go until our conference on sustainability on 13 July where delegates will hear from a top line-up of presenters about how to adopt sustainable practice and provision.

Playworkers get on board new professional register

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| Nursery World

SkillsActive has launched a Register of Playwork Professionals, designed to boost the professionalism of the workforce and increase employer recognition for qualifications in the vital area of play.

Free autism training to roll out in January 2014

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Free face-to-face training in autism will soon be available to early years practitioners and post-16 educational professionals through a network of hub organisations, appointed as part of the latest phase of the Autism Education Trust’s training programme.

Early Years Teacher gears up for massive expansion

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Friday, January 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Significant expansion of the Early Years Teacher programme is underway with the number of training providers set to increase from the existing eight to more than 40 for 2014/15.

Support staff pay body's fate is still uncertain

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| Nursery World

The fate of the body responsible for negotiating the pay and conditions of nursery nurses and teaching assistants remains unclear after the Department for Education confirmed it was one of the quangos still under review.