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Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) will be reviewed by the national education awarding organisation NCFE in the summer.

Exclusive: PACEY Workforce survey finds childminders more confident than nurseries about the future

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Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

While many nurseries are losing confidence in their financial prospects, childminders appear to be feeling more optimistic.

Childcare fees now higher than mortgage, but rise slows

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Families pay on average more for childcare than their mortgage, according to the annual childcare costs survey by the Family and Childcare Trust.

Coronavirus: Early years to benefit from renewed Sick Pay Rebate scheme

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| Nursery World

While the return of the sick pay scheme is good news for the sector, the business grants announced by the Chancellor yesterday (21 December) are prioritised for hospitality, culture and leisure.

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the country have been impacted by the pandemic, staffing challenges and sustained Government underfunding.

Urgent call for increased early years funding as inflation pushes up nursery costs

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Friday, August 19, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government must invest in the early years to help providers fight the cost-of-living crisis as inflation reaches 10 per cent, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has said.

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 is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s apprenticeships policies lack focus and will not close the skills gap because they fail to concentrate on the sectors and regions where training is most needed, an MPs' report warns.

Nurseries unwilling to commit to Government's 30-hour childcare scheme

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Less than half of early years settings plan to offer the Government’s 30-hour offer, research from the Pre-school Learning Alliance suggests.

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

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Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have warned that the Government is putting the 30-hour childcare policy in jeopardy by failing to listen to providers’ concerns.

Majority against higher qualified staff having to care for more children

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Eight in ten nurseries are against Government proposals to allow highly qualified staff in nurseries to look after more children, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests.

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Last June, the Government launched a review into the Nursery Milk Scheme to try to cut the rising costs of the initiative.

Holiday club and out-of-school providers in talks with DfE over reopening plans

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Some of the largest wraparound childcare providers in the country have joined forces to share their concerns around the survival of out-of-school childcare with the Department for Education, and their ideas for how the sector may be able to be able to reopen safely in time for the school summer holidays, Nursery World has learnt.

Data analysis targets changes in demand for childcare - survey

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Friday, March 12, 2021

| Nursery World

Using data to understand the movements and lifestyle habits of new parents so that it can inform new nursery openings, was one of the subjects that generated widespread interest at Nursery World’s Business Summit.

Most parents believe ratios in graduate-led settings are too high

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

More than half of parents believe that nurseries should employ more staff to look after nursery age children, research by the Department for Education suggests.

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a survey for early years providers ahead of national minimum wage increases next month.

Nursery group cuts fees

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

| Nursery World

The Old Station Nursery's Henley-on-Thames setting will reduce the cost of childcare from April, which could mean a saving for parents with a child on a part-time place of up to 2,730 a year.

2m fund to boost childcare start-ups

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| Nursery World

A 2m scheme to encourage more people to set up as childminders, open nurseries and get more women into work has opened for applications.

EXCLUSIVE: Big divide in nursery losses

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nursery World’s exclusive investigation into the first year of the 30 hours reveals stark variations in nursery closures across the country.

Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive

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Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are relying on financial support from family and friends or additional income revenues to keep their businesses afloat.

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

Poorer children could miss out on free childcare places, NAO warns

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Failure to get the funding right for the 30-hour childcare policy could lead to cuts to places for disadvantaged two-year-olds, the Government’s independent spending watchdog claims today.

Call for independent review after DfE response to funding queries

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| Nursery World

Ceeda director Dr Jo Verrill unpicks the Government’s response to queries about how a range of costs have been accounted for in its 30-hour funding review - and finds some concerning gaps

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.

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| Nursery World

The majority of local authorities are not passing on money left over from Government funding to deliver childcare places to providers, according to an analysis of responses to Freedom of Information requests.

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Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

Exclusive: PACEY Workforce survey finds childminders more confident than nurseries about the future

Childcare fees now higher than mortgage, but rise slows

Coronavirus: Early years to benefit from renewed Sick Pay Rebate scheme

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

Urgent call for increased early years funding as inflation pushes up nursery costs

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

Nurseries unwilling to commit to Government's 30-hour childcare scheme

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

Majority against higher qualified staff having to care for more children

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

Holiday club and out-of-school providers in talks with DfE over reopening plans

Data analysis targets changes in demand for childcare - survey

Most parents believe ratios in graduate-led settings are too high

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

Nursery group cuts fees

2m fund to boost childcare start-ups

EXCLUSIVE: Big divide in nursery losses

Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

Poorer children could miss out on free childcare places, NAO warns

Call for independent review after DfE response to funding queries

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

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

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