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Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

| Nursery World

A new sector-led campaign with schools and colleges aims to encourage more young people to consider childcare as a career.

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.

Researchers seek reasons for fall in early years graduates

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

PACEY and Voice are conducting joint research into why Early Years Teachers are leaving the sector, amid concerns that courses are closing, and that fewer students are choosing early years teaching as a career.

Revised Early Years Foundation Stage: new framework is out

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

| Nursery World

The hotly anticipated revised Early Years Foundation Stage has been published by the Department for Education.

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| Nursery World

A total of 2m will be available through a new scheme in the run-up to the Early Years Educator qualification.

Concern over short window for early years T-Level consultation

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE is steaming ahead with a consultation on the content of the T-Level in education and childcare, sparking criticism for the two week deadline it has given.

IfA extends early years T-Level consultation again

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The deadline for the consultation on the Education and Childcare T-level has been extended again until the end of the month.

Scotland begins recruitment drive

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish government has launched a campaign to recruit 11,000 childcarers ahead of the introduction of the 30 hours.

NCMA to change its name in bid to attract wider membership

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association is changing its name to the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years as of next year.

Teachers' pay will be linked to performance

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Teachers in England and Wales will get pay rises based on performance rather than the length of service, after the Government accepted today all of the proposals in a report by the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB).

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

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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.

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

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Monday, December 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Welsh-medium early years organisation Mudiad Meithrin has announced it has been successful in its bid to fund a PhD jointly with Swansea University and Cardiff Metropolitan University on a topic relating to the early years and the New Curriculum in Wales.

Scotland will 'miss education goals' with falling early years teacher numbers

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Monday, February 15, 2016

| Nursery World

A failure to address dwindling teacher numbers in Scotland’s early years settings will hold back government goals to tackle the impact of deprivation on education, the country’s largest teaching union has warned.

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.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Upskilling the workforce

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

As a Government, we appreciate the value of a talented, committed, graduate-led workforce to help give every child the chance to thrive in their earliest years.

Advisors to scrutinise early years qualifications and training

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education's early years steering group is to look at whether sector qualifications are 'fit for purpose'.

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

Graduate-led sector made 'pipe-dream' by new funding formula

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Friday, September 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s dreams of a childcare sector led by graduates could remain just that if proposals to strip town halls of powers to pay ‘quality supplements’ get the go ahead, sector leaders have warned.

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.

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.

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.

Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

We round up reaction from providers, sector organisations and others to Labour's childcare plans

Wales plans to raise the bar for early years workforce

News

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.

Wales expands childcare training scheme

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Friday, March 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Wales has launched the second phase of a government-funded scheme giving participants the chance to trial a career in childcare.

Wales launches 10-year childcare plan

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Monday, December 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has unveiled a 10-year plan to develop the early years, childcare and play workforce to deliver its commitment to offer 30-hour childcare for working parents.

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Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

Researchers seek reasons for fall in early years graduates

Revised Early Years Foundation Stage: new framework is out

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

Concern over short window for early years T-Level consultation

IfA extends early years T-Level consultation again

Scotland begins recruitment drive

NCMA to change its name in bid to attract wider membership

Teachers' pay will be linked to performance

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

Scotland will 'miss education goals' with falling early years teacher numbers

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

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Upskilling the workforce

Advisors to scrutinise early years qualifications and training

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Graduate-led sector made 'pipe-dream' by new funding formula

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

DfE consults on Level 3 skills requirements

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

Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges

Wales plans to raise the bar for early years workforce

Wales expands childcare training scheme

Wales launches 10-year childcare plan

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