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DfE urged to make full and relevant qualifications list 'easier to understand'

Friday, March 18, 2022

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There are calls for the Department for Education to make its early years qualifications list simpler, as confusion mounts within the sector over which qualifications are 'full and relevant' with many graduates finding they don't have a 'licence to practice'.

Standards unveiled for new early years qualifications

Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

The long-awaited standards for Early Years Educators and Early Years Teachers have been published.

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

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

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

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

New professional teaching assistant standards scrapped

Friday, October 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The Government has decided against publishing new draft standards drawn up to raise the status and professonalism of teaching assistants.

Tax credit cut to hit early years workers hard

Sunday, November 1, 2015

| Nursery World

As the Government faced a revolt in the House of Lords with peers voting to delay cuts to tax credits, a new analysis shows nursery nurses would be among those in jobs hardest hit from next April.

Close to six million people earning less than a living wage

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.

Nick Clegg speaks out against Michael Gove's free schools

Monday, October 21, 2013

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The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to say this week that he believes free schools have too much freedom.

Workforce survey confirms qualification levels falling

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

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The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is calling for government to act to reverse the ‘catastrophic recruitment crisis’ after research confirmed qualification levels are falling - because of the GCSE requirement.

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

Friday, August 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery workers in Brighton and Hove have warned children will receive poorer quality care if the council goes ahead with its plans to cut their pay and working hours.

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

Friday, October 18, 2013

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A few weeks into the childminder agency pilots, a number of organisations have begun to consult with the early years sector about their proposed models.

Analysis: Level three diploma for the children and young people's workforce - Fit for purpose?

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

No sooner has the new diploma been launched as the single qualification for the workforce than it is being called into doubt. Karen Faux hears why

EXCLUSIVE: Apprenticeship trailblazers 'bullied' over GCSEs, claim former members

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government ‘bullied and threatened’ the sector's trailblazer group in a row over GCSEs, two ex-members have claimed.

Apprenticeships plan set out

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

| Nursery World

The new Institute for Apprenticeships, which launched this month, will regulate the quality of apprenticeships, including the new apprenticeship standards produced by employers.

CWDC confirms 1,500 funded places for next intake of EYPs

Friday, September 9, 2011

| Nursery World

Up to 1,500 funded places will be available for early years practitioners to train on the new Early Years Professional programme, which starts in January.

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

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.

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

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.

Childcare courses confuse students on Level 3 status

Friday, April 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Some students studying distance learning courses in childcare believing that they will lead to full Level 3 qualifications, are discovering the courses are not considered as full and relevant qualifications by the Department for Education.

Cuts to CWDC raise fears over Early Years Professional Status

Friday, May 28, 2010

| Nursery World

News that the CWDC is to have its budget cut by 15m has raised fears about the future of Early Years Professional Status (EYPS).

Staff facing ‘high financial insecurity’

Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years workers are in a position of ‘high financial insecurity’, with more than 44 per cent claiming benefits and tax credits, according to a report.

NCMA re-brands to widen membership to include nursery workers

Friday, March 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association re-launches today as the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.

EYPs warn morale will fall if they are forced to re-train

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Representatives for Early Years Professionals met with Department for Education officials yesterday to voice their concerns about replacing EYPs with specialist early years teachers.

Universities call for action on Early Years Teacher Status

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

| Nursery World

A letter signed by academics from more than 20 universities is being sent to MPs and ministers this week, warning that the early years graduate workforce is at risk.

Tens of thousands register for DfE's early years catch-up training

Thursday, January 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Tens of thousands of early years professionals have signed up to the DfE’s education recovery training courses, designed to improve children’s outcomes,including those that are disadvantaged.

Childcare should be 'actively promoted' as a career for men

Friday, August 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government should do more to encourage boys and men to work in the childcare sector, according to a new briefing by the Fatherhood Institute.

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