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New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

Friday, March 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries were losing more than a thousand pounds a week in parent fees due to the pandemic last December, according to research commissioned by the DfE.

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

London’s largest nursery group is providing weekly lateral flow tests for its 700 staff, at a monthly cost of £23,584, because private and voluntary settings are not provided with home testing kits, unlike the maintained sector.

Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

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Monday, February 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The toll of Covid-induced stress has left one in five childcare workers at the point of resignation, a new survey by the Early Years Alliance has found.

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Settings which employ a graduate are linked with improved outcomes for children which last up to the end of primary school, new analysis suggests.

Coronavirus: nursery group criticises confusion over staff isolation rules

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

A major UK nursery group has called for clarity on Covid-19 guidance after conflicting advice from official bodies led to to eight staff at one nursery having to self-isolate 'uneccessarily'.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Sector views sought ahead of new workforce strategy

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

| Nursery World

A pan-sector commission is seeking practitioners’ views on entrenched sector problems ahead of its plans to publish a new workforce strategy.

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

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Friday, August 7, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a year-long research project with the Education Policy Institute (EPI) to look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

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.

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and ‘follow alternative approaches’ if they choose as they plan to reopen to all children, in new guidance for early years settings.

Workforce survey: Share your early years story

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years staff and volunteers are invited to share their experience of the pandemic in a new study, launched today by independent sector analysts, Ceeda.

New project to track Covid-19 impact on early years sector

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

| Nursery World

The immediate and lasting impact of the coronavirus on the early years sector is being gauged by a new research project, launched today by About Early Years (Ceeda).

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery workers that have been put on temporary leave by their employer during the coronavirus crisis can be furloughed more than once, according to updated guidance.

Study identifies three types of early years professional

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Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Researchers have followed the professional journeys of early years workers to try and find out their reasons for pursuing a career in the sector, or leaving the job.

Low pay forces early years workers to quit jobs they love

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years workers should be paid the same as primary teachers, according to new research, which says that thousands of professionals in the sector are being driven out by low pay and lack of recognition.

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users with children aged 13-18 reveal that more than 60 per cent would be concerned their child would be ‘stuck making the tea’ if they were to choose an apprenticeship.

Level 5 standard in dispute

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Monday, February 3, 2020

| Nursery World

A tug of war is taking place over whether the Level 5 apprenticeship standard should contain a foundation degree or the standard ‘licence to practice’ at Level 3, Nursery World has learned.

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).

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

One in ten childcare workers are officially in poverty, according to shocking new findings from Nursery World.

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The new About Early Years Sector Skills Survey finds childcare employers are four times as likely to say staff lack crucial skills than in other sectors. By Hannah Crown

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

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New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

Coronavirus: nursery group criticises confusion over staff isolation rules

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

Sector views sought ahead of new workforce strategy

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

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

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

Workforce survey: Share your early years story

New project to track Covid-19 impact on early years sector

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

Study identifies three types of early years professional

Low pay forces early years workers to quit jobs they love

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

Level 5 standard in dispute

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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