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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.

UK's first intergenerational nursery launches accredited intergenerational qualifications

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

| Nursery World

Apples and Honey Nightingale, the UK’s first intergenerational nursery, has launched a new set of CACHE-accredited qualifications to support those interested in intergenerational practice.

Take part in a survey about early years training

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Friday, April 28, 2023

| Nursery World

The Social Business Trust is asking early years providers to complete a survey into training needs.

Nursery Management Supplement: See the bigger picture

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Monday, October 31, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery World’s annual Nursery Management supplement is published with the November issue. Find out what’s inside.

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.

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) will be reviewed by the national education awarding organisation NCFE in the summer.

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.

Join us at Nursery World Exchange in Sheffield on 9 June

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery World Exchange is heading north to Sheffield on 9 June for another great day of networking for the early years sector - make sure you reserve your place.

Nursery group and childcare training company join club to address chronic skills shortages

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Friday, April 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Tops Day Nurseries and Aspire Training Team have joined The 5% Club – an employer led charity whose goal is to increase the employment and career aspects of young people and equip the UK with the skilled workforce it needs.

Take part in vital new research into nursery staffing

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

| Nursery World

Business and data consultancy CACI is carrying out research and analysis of nursery staff across the early years sector, and is calling for nursery employers to contribute.

Thrive Childcare and Education's new director of people to focus on recruitment and retention

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Thrive Childcare and Education has appointed its first director of people and communications to promote early years education as a career of choice.

Nursery World Exchange goes to Cheltenham

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Our next Nursery World Exchange event will be at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Cheltenham on 24-25 March, and will bring together senior nursery group directors and early years suppliers to network, do business and socialise.

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.

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

A quarter of nurseries (25 per cent) in England, Wales and Scotland had to partially close between March and May, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association and the Education Policy Institute.

Nursery group training academy links up with Montessori Centre International

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Friday, July 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International has partnered with Little Dukes Training Academy at Riverside Nursery Schools to offer accredited training.

Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Family First, one of the UK’s fastest growing nursery groups, has appointed a new chief executive to oversee its growth and focus on bringing the best quality employees to the team.

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nanny agency Koru Kids has applied to become an Ofsted registered childminding agency, with the ambition of creating 9,000 new nanny and childminder jobs.

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.

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Business property adviser Christie & Co has published its first report on global workforce trends in early childhood education and care (ECEC).

Nurseries in Wales struggling to recruit Level 3 staff

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Friday, September 6, 2019

| Nursery World

More than two-thirds of nurseries in Wales have had difficulties recruiting Level 3 qualified staff, according to new research.

New sector-led project aims to overcome recruitment crisis

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

| Nursery World

A new research project to tackle the recruitment challenges faced by the early years and childcare sector is launching next month.

Book now for the 2019 Nursery World Business Summit

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Monday, August 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Our annual Nursery World Business Summit is back on 13 November, tackling topics from Ofsted to the EYFS, Brexit, recruitment and T-Levels.

Qualification levels of nursery staff drop dramatically

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

| Nursery World

The proportion of nursery staff qualified to Level 3 or above has fallen to such an extent in the last four years that it threatens the quality of provision, the National Day Nurseries Association has warned.

Low wages driving childcare workers into retail jobs

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare wages are falling, while those in retail are rising, according to research highlighting the risk of a growing exodus from the early years workforce.

All workers now entitled to a payslip

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

| Nursery World

A poll has found that 15 per cent of workers under 24 do not receive a payslip, ahead of a change to the law that means that all workers are now legally entitled to one.

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

UK's first intergenerational nursery launches accredited intergenerational qualifications

Take part in a survey about early years training

Nursery Management Supplement: See the bigger picture

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

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

Get your tickets to our Sustainability in the Early Years conference

Join us at Nursery World Exchange in Sheffield on 9 June

Nursery group and childcare training company join club to address chronic skills shortages

Take part in vital new research into nursery staffing

Thrive Childcare and Education's new director of people to focus on recruitment and retention

Nursery World Exchange goes to Cheltenham

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

Nursery group training academy links up with Montessori Centre International

Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

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

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

Nurseries in Wales struggling to recruit Level 3 staff

New sector-led project aims to overcome recruitment crisis

Book now for the 2019 Nursery World Business Summit

Qualification levels of nursery staff drop dramatically

Low wages driving childcare workers into retail jobs

All workers now entitled to a payslip

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