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

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.

Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules

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Friday, March 3, 2017

| Nursery World

The DfE has published the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework to incorporate the new Level 3 qualification requirements and first aid regulations.

Bill to eradicate child poverty in Scotland tabled

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Friday, February 10, 2017

| Nursery World

New legislation setting targets to reduce and end child poverty in Scotland is currently being considered by Scottish ministers.

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

| Nursery World

The new apprenticeship funding system could result in lower wages for employees, a think tank has claimed.

Call to make small schools exempt from apprenticeship levy

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Monday, January 9, 2017

| Nursery World

The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, wants small maintained schools to be exempt from the levy to put them on an equal footing with similar sized academies and faith schools.

Childcare red tape review reveals confusion and high cost of regulation

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Friday, December 16, 2016

| Nursery World

Paperwork costs childcare providers more than £17m a year, a Government review into cutting red tape has found.

Online junk food ads aimed at children to be banned

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Online advertising of foods high in fat, salt and sugar aimed at children is to be banned under new rules coming into effect next year.

Call to remove asbestos from all schools

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Friday, December 2, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is being pressured to do more to protect children and teaching staff from exposure to asbestos in schools.

Level 3 consultation generates huge response

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Monday, November 28, 2016

| Nursery World

A consultation on literacy and numeracy qualification requirements for Level 3, due to close today, had received more than 3,000 responses last week.

Autumn Statement: Rise to NLW, but no extra funding for childcare sector

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

| Nursery World

Rises to the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been announced by the Chancellor.

Pressure put on DfE to make childcare costs report public

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Friday, November 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance says the DfE must now publish research on childcare delivery costs, following a ruling in the charity's favour from the Information Commissioner's Office.

DfE consults on Level 3 skills requirements

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector is urged to respond to a new consultation on the Level 3 literacy and numeracy requirements.

Apprentice funding cuts ‘hit poor’

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Monday, October 31, 2016

| Nursery World

The young poor are bearing the brunt of apprenticeship funding cuts, early years training providers have warned.

Unpopular Education For All bill scrapped

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Friday, October 28, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is dropping a bill to convert all schools to academies after a backlash, in a move which has been applauded by campaigners.

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.

Owners reeling at huge increases to business rates

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries across the country have reacted with shock and anger to huge rises in business rates due to come into effect next April.

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders are urging the Department for Education (DfE) to delay finalising its proposed funding reforms for early years apprenticeships in favour of a more ‘joined-up’ approach.

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

Funding formula online calculator launched

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Friday, September 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A confusion-busting online calculator is helping settings work out what rates they may be getting when the new early years national funding formula is rolled out.

Brexit - No going back

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Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

The legislative disentanglement involved in the Brexit vote will keep lawmakers busy for years to come. Its implications for the early years sector are set out here by Phil Richardson, head of employment law at Stephensons Solicitors

Apprenticeship funding: small groups to pay 10 per cent upfront

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Friday, August 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Smaller settings wishing to employ apprentices will have to pay just 10 per cent of the costs of training them, the Government has announced today.

Cameron's life chances made a cross-party priority

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

| Nursery World

Transforming children’s life chances was a heated topic for debate by a panel of MPs on the same day David Cameron handed the baton of his flagship policy to Theresa May.

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

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Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Brexit will undoubtedly have an impact in some form on early years, according to commentators.

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

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Friday, July 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Sam Gyimah has promised a review of the GCSE requirements at Level 3.

Child poverty rise triggers Brexit warnings

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

| Nursery World

Children’s charities are urging the Government to rule out further welfare cuts amid Brexit uncertainty, after it was revealed child poverty rose by 200,000 last year.

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

Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules

Bill to eradicate child poverty in Scotland tabled

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

Call to make small schools exempt from apprenticeship levy

Childcare red tape review reveals confusion and high cost of regulation

Online junk food ads aimed at children to be banned

Call to remove asbestos from all schools

Level 3 consultation generates huge response

Autumn Statement: Rise to NLW, but no extra funding for childcare sector

Pressure put on DfE to make childcare costs report public

DfE consults on Level 3 skills requirements

Apprentice funding cuts ‘hit poor’

Unpopular Education For All bill scrapped

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

Owners reeling at huge increases to business rates

Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Funding formula online calculator launched

Brexit - No going back

Apprenticeship funding: small groups to pay 10 per cent upfront

Cameron's life chances made a cross-party priority

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

Child poverty rise triggers Brexit warnings

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