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Childminders and early years settings offered DfE-funded training to boost language and numeracy

Thursday, March 30, 2023

| Nursery World

More than 700 early years settings and childminders in England will be able to take part in new training projects funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).

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.

Education secretary announces plans to 'invest' in early years staff

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

| Nursery World

The Government is to overhaul teacher training and invest in outstanding early years staff, the education secretary Nadhim Zahawi told delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare Level 3 qualifications are among 400 fully-funded courses for adults that the Government is making available for free from April 2021.

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

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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.

PACEY launches #notababysitter campaign

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Friday, March 29, 2019

| Nursery World

PACEY has launched the next stage of a campaign to dispel myths about childminders and boost take-up of funded twos places.

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.

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.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

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.

Apprenticeships latest: IfA claims it 'has worked collaboratively'

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The Institute for Apprenticeships has responded to criticism that it is not listening to employers following the resignation of Busy Bees from the trailblazer group.

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

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.

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

| Nursery World

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

Charity wins funding to boost SEND expertise of early years staff

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

| Nursery World

Special educational needs charity nasen has secured £315,000 of DfE funding for an SEND training and resources project, with Nursery World as one of the partners.

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.

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| Nursery World

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.

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early years apprenticeship framework.

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.

'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

| Nursery World

New research from the Family and Childcare Trust raises concerns over the availability and quality of childcare when the 30 hours starts in September.

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

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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

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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.

An early years teacher needed in 'every setting in deprived areas'

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

| Nursery World

A nationwide shortage of ‘10,000 trained nursery teachers’ is putting a quarter of a million children at risk of falling behind, a charity claims.

Early Years Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years wages remain significantly below the national average and out of line with inflation, exclusive research by Nursery World and the Pre-school Learning Alliance reveals.

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Childminders and early years settings offered DfE-funded training to boost language and numeracy

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

Education secretary announces plans to 'invest' in early years staff

Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

PACEY launches #notababysitter campaign

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Wales expands childcare training scheme

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

Apprenticeships latest: IfA claims it 'has worked collaboratively'

Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges

EXCLUSIVE: Early years workforce 'will get less well qualified'

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage

Charity wins funding to boost SEND expertise of early years staff

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

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

An early years teacher needed in 'every setting in deprived areas'

Early Years Pay and Conditions survey: stagnation triggers brain drain fears

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