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Report calls for QTS for 'devalued' early years teachers

Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Two decades of ‘relentless’ policy changes, lack of investment and low pay have led to early years teachers feeling devalued and ready to leave their profession.

Most parents want early years teachers in nurseries

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Friday, February 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Just under three-quarters of parents would rather send their child to a nursery with an early years teacher than one without, new research suggests.

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.

DfE criticised over lack of workforce strategy

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education remains vague over when it will publish its workforce strategy, despite criticism from a government spending watchdog for not having one while launching the 30-hours policy.

Providers cut EYT courses due to low demand

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Monday, May 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Early Years Teacher courses are being scrapped across the country, while some new EYTs are going straight onto qualified teacher courses, a Nursery World investigation has found.

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

| Nursery World

The DfE has extended the bursary scheme for graduate entry to Early Years Teacher Status courses to those with 2.2 degrees for 2016/17.

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Early Years Teachers will no longer need GCSE English and Maths at grade C and above to count in Level 3 workforce ratios, following yet another Government revision to qualification requirements.

Sector wins review of GCSE equivalents

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The Government has decided to review rules on GCSE equivalents after it emerged that they may disqualify childcare graduates from being able to count in ratios.

Bright Horizons Early Years Teacher pilot scrapped for autumn

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A pilot Early Years Teacher training course, which trained staff for Bright Horizons, has been scrapped for September due to lack of demand.

Low-paid nursery staff leaving for supermarket jobs, NDNA survey reveals

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| Nursery World

Half of all nurseries are saying that they can’t find staff to fill vacancies, according to the new National Day Nurseries Association Workforce survey.

Bids open for early years School Direct programme

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Nurseries can now tender for the School Direct programme, an initiative to train Early Years Teachers by giving nurseries more control over the training of their workforce.

EYPP could help create 'teacher-led' settings

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government's consultation on the introduction of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) encourages early years providers to use the funding to make their settings 'teacher-led'.

Placements putting childminders off Early Years Teacher courses

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Some childminders are being put off enrolling for Early Years Teacher courses in September because of the requirement to undertake at least two weeks' work experience in a school.

Bigger role for teaching schools

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Monday, April 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Teaching schools are to play a greater role in supporting the early years sector, Elizabeth Truss said last week.

School Direct programme expanded to early years from September

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Monday, April 7, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is expanding the School Direct programme, which offers work-based training for graduates, to the early years from this September.

Early Years Teacher gears up for massive expansion

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Friday, January 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Significant expansion of the Early Years Teacher programme is underway with the number of training providers set to increase from the existing eight to more than 40 for 2014/15.

EYPs denied Early Years Teacher certificate

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Monday, September 23, 2013

| Nursery World

The National College for Teaching and Leadership has confirmed that while EYPS and Early Years Teacher are equivalent, they are distinct awards with different standards.

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

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Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years experts and academics have slammed the new Early Years Teacher standards, which were set out last week by the National College of Teaching and Leadership.

Standards unveiled for new early years qualifications

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

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

Consultation begins on training standards for the new Early Years Teacher role

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The DfE has launched a consultation on the standards which will underpin the training and assessment of the new Early Years Teacher role.

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Report calls for QTS for 'devalued' early years teachers

Most parents want early years teachers in nurseries

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

DfE criticised over lack of workforce strategy

Providers cut EYT courses due to low demand

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

Sector wins review of GCSE equivalents

Bright Horizons Early Years Teacher pilot scrapped for autumn

Low-paid nursery staff leaving for supermarket jobs, NDNA survey reveals

Bids open for early years School Direct programme

EYPP could help create 'teacher-led' settings

Placements putting childminders off Early Years Teacher courses

Bigger role for teaching schools

School Direct programme expanded to early years from September

Early Years Teacher gears up for massive expansion

EYPs denied Early Years Teacher certificate

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

Standards unveiled for new early years qualifications

Consultation begins on training standards for the new Early Years Teacher role

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