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Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

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

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.

Approved apprenticeship training providers list published

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

| Nursery World

A new register of training providers has launched as part of reforms to quality assure apprenticeships.

Workforce strategy not expected until end February

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

| Nursery World

The workforce strategy is unlikely to be published until the end of February, a leading campaign group has said.

New Institute of Apprenticeships consultation launched

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Friday, January 6, 2017

| Nursery World

A consultation on the role of the new Institute of Apprenticeships (IFA) has been launched.

The Big Picture - Eastern promise

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Sunday, November 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries in the Busy Bees group have welcomed visiting childcare professionals from their sister nurseries in Singapore and Malaysia.

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to slash funding for early years apprentices have been upheld by the Government, despite an outcry.

Early Years Pay and Conditions Survey 2016

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

The latest research from Nursery World and the Pre-school Learning Alliance is in. Shannon Hawthorne, the Alliance’s press and public affairs director, and Michelle Brown, its human resources adviser, highlight the key findings

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

The pipeline feeding Level 3 childcare staff into the sector is drying up, and we have the data to prove it. Hannah Crown speaks to a sector in crisis

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.

Co-operative Childcare staff to ballot for strike action

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery staff at a Co-operative Childcare nursery are to be balloted for strike action over planned cuts to pay and conditions worth £95,000 a year.

Opening time signalled for nursery group's £2m pub expansion

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A £2m expansion scheme is underway after a husband and wife-run nursery group purchased two former pubs.

Major pay survey from Nursery World and Pre-school Learning Alliance

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Friday, July 29, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery World and the Pre-school Learning Alliance have teamed up to run a survey on early years pay, conditions and recruitment issues.

Bright Horizons appoints new MD

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Friday, April 15, 2016

| Nursery World

James Tugendhat has been named as the new managing director of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, the UK’s second largest nursery chain.

New Year Honours for nursery founders

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Monday, January 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Two nursery owners have been recognised in the New Year Honours list.

New compulsory standard to be introduced for childminders

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Childminders in Scotland will be required to complete a new standard of best practice before being allowed to register, under new government plans.

Don't miss Nursery Chains Autumn 2015

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Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

Our annual Nursery Chains supplement is out now, free with the latest issue of Nursery World.

Close to six million people earning less than a living wage

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| Nursery World

New research suggests that 5.84 million people are paid less than the Living Wage and of these 280,000 work in the childcare and related personal services sector.

Last chance to give views on apprenticeship levy

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Employers have until midnight to take part in a consultation on the apprenticeship levy, a tax on employers to fund an expansion in apprenticeships.

NEYTCO launches new accredited professional qualification

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Friday, September 4, 2015

| Nursery World

The membership organisation for early years trainers and consultants, NEyTCO, is offering a new consulting skills programme for early years consultants who are just setting up their businesses.

Nursery World Awards shortlist revealed

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| Nursery World

The waiting is over and we can unveil the shortlist for the Nursery World Awards 2015

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities’ failure to monitor childcare provision, and a lack of available places, risks putting the Government’s childcare plans in jeopardy, warns a new report.

Early years workers blocked from local job moves

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Nursery staff are finding themselves barred from applying for local jobs by employers increasingly imposing restrictive clauses in their contracts, Nursery World has learned.

Spotlight on ... Bernie Devlin

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Bernie Devlin, co-founder, with his wife Mariessa, of Enchanted Forest Nurseries and children's fashion brand Enchanted Forest and Friends

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have today announced increases to the national minimum wage, including a 20 per cent rise to the amount apprentices are paid an hour.

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Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

Approved apprenticeship training providers list published

Workforce strategy not expected until end February

New Institute of Apprenticeships consultation launched

The Big Picture - Eastern promise

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

Early Years Pay and Conditions Survey 2016

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

Co-operative Childcare staff to ballot for strike action

Opening time signalled for nursery group's £2m pub expansion

Major pay survey from Nursery World and Pre-school Learning Alliance

Bright Horizons appoints new MD

New Year Honours for nursery founders

New compulsory standard to be introduced for childminders

Don't miss Nursery Chains Autumn 2015

Close to six million people earning less than a living wage

Last chance to give views on apprenticeship levy

NEYTCO launches new accredited professional qualification

Nursery World Awards shortlist revealed

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

Early years workers blocked from local job moves

Spotlight on ... Bernie Devlin

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

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