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GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

Friday, July 31, 2015

| Nursery World

The requirement for those taking standalone Level 3 Early Years Educator courses to have GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above before starting the qualification has been removed just before the new funding year begins on 1 August.

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

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Friday, July 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Low pay in the childcare sector could lead to a shortage in staff, warns a new report.

Government U turns over apprentice GCSEs

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Apprentices have been handed a lifeline after the Government climbed down over GCSE rules yesterday.

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities’ failure to monitor childcare provision, and a lack of available places, risks putting the Government’s childcare plans in jeopardy, warns a new report.

Irish Government delays introducing a minimum childcare qualification

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Childcare staff in Ireland won't need to hold a minimum qualification for at least a year after a bid to boost standards in the sector was delayed.

Family and Childcare Trust names new CEO

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| Nursery World

The Family and Childcare Trust has appointed Julia Margo as its new chief executive.

Scottish workforce review calls for living wage for early years staff

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

| Nursery World

The Scottish government has pledged £1m for early years workforce development, following a review that highlighted low pay and and qualification levels.

Providers weigh up whether to leave early years sector

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Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

As the Government looks to double the number of free childcare hours for threeand four-year-olds, a new survey reveals that providers are uncertain about their future.

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The UK’s largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a new training programme to help practitioners to develop children’s early language skills.

Charities call for graduate-led nurseries to boost children's early language

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

| Nursery World

A coalition of organisations concerned with early language are calling for every nursery in England to be led by a graduate by 2020.

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have today announced increases to the national minimum wage, including a 20 per cent rise to the amount apprentices are paid an hour.

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| Nursery World

A major new report released today (11 March) calls for urgent action to protect and expand maintained nursery schools, as many are being closed or amalgamated.

Clegg defends funding record but calls for councils to pass on more

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Councils should pass more free entitlement funding on to childcare providers, Nick Clegg said today.

Expansion of scheme that encourages ex-soldiers into teaching

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Monday, February 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The Troops to Teachers programme will be extended through a link with the University of Brighton.

Labour commits to protecting early years funding

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years and school funding would be protected ‘in real terms',under a Labour Government.

New children's commissioner for Wales named

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Sally Holland has been appointed as the new children’s commissioner for Wales.

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

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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.

Budget plan to scrap NI payments given lukewarm welcome

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

| Nursery World

The abolition of national insurance payments for employers of apprentices will not save much money, say nursery chains.

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is set to back down over controversial rules which could force hundreds of apprentices to retake valid GCSEs.

Lib Dems would give Early Years Teachers right to QTS

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrats would ensure that Early Years Teachers would be able to achieve qualified teacher status.

Early years trainer takes Government to court on re-sits

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| Nursery World

An early years trainer is taking the Government to court over rules which he says mean apprentices will be forced to take ‘completely unnecessary re-sits’ of their GCSEs.

Wales plans to raise the bar for early years workforce

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Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

A ten-year plan to improve the qualification levels and status of the early years, childcare and play sector in Wales is set out today.

Free entitlement should be linked to quality of early years settings

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| Nursery World

A think tank is calling for early education funding to be given only to providers who can show they are ‘raising their game’.

Apprenticeship trailblazer members walk out

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Monday, August 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Three members of the Government's 'trailblazer' group for early years apprenticeships have left and been replaced, amid complaints the employers' group 'lacked democracy'.

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

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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.

Search Results

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

Government U turns over apprentice GCSEs

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

Irish Government delays introducing a minimum childcare qualification

Family and Childcare Trust names new CEO

Scottish workforce review calls for living wage for early years staff

Providers weigh up whether to leave early years sector

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

Charities call for graduate-led nurseries to boost children's early language

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

Clegg defends funding record but calls for councils to pass on more

Expansion of scheme that encourages ex-soldiers into teaching

Labour commits to protecting early years funding

New children's commissioner for Wales named

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

Budget plan to scrap NI payments given lukewarm welcome

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

Lib Dems would give Early Years Teachers right to QTS

Early years trainer takes Government to court on re-sits

Wales plans to raise the bar for early years workforce

Free entitlement should be linked to quality of early years settings

Apprenticeship trailblazer members walk out

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

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