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Professor Cathy Nutbrown has launched a highly critical response to the government's proposals in 'More Great Childcare', saying that they 'will shake the foundations of quality provision for young children'.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Schools to train thousands of teachers

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Friday, June 15, 2012

| Nursery World

Up to 10,000 trainee teachers will be trained directly by schools, rather than through teacher training colleges, in plans set out by the education secretary.

Early years teaching centres named

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

| Nursery World

18 more local authorities to pilot payment-by-resultsParents and community groups given right to run their own centres

Nick Clegg speaks out against Michael Gove's free schools

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Monday, October 21, 2013

| Nursery World

The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to say this week that he believes free schools have too much freedom.

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

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Friday, August 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery workers in Brighton and Hove have warned children will receive poorer quality care if the council goes ahead with its plans to cut their pay and working hours.

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A few weeks into the childminder agency pilots, a number of organisations have begun to consult with the early years sector about their proposed models.

£3m Childcare Works programme launches to support 30 hours policy

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has awarded a £3m contract to ensure settings and councils ‘work closely together’ to create enough childcare to implement the 30 hours policy.

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

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Friday, November 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government has announced further developments to its 30-hours free childcare pledge, as well as a funded package of courses to upskill its early years workforce.

NCMA re-brands to widen membership to include nursery workers

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association re-launches today as the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.

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’.

Funding doubled for early years apprenticeship scheme

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Friday, November 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has doubled the funding available for the early years bursary scheme to £3,000 in a bid to encourage more applicants.

Shortage of 11,000 early years teachers, warns Save the Children

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The children's charity is warning of an acute shortage of graduate early years teachers in private and voluntary settings.

Early years qualifications: put your questions to Cathy Nutbrown

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

| Nursery World

Do you want to bring back the NNEB? Are graduate leaders the way to go? Professor Cathy Nutbrown is giving Nursery World readers an exclusive opportunity to have your questions answered

Experts press MPs not to isolate childminders in Ofsted revamp

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| Nursery World

A group of childminding experts, many of them at the forefront of professionalising the sector, have written to the chair of the Education Select Committee to protest at its proposal to split childminding from all other areas of early years provision under plans to re-organise Ofsted.

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.

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| Nursery World

All the hot early years topics are on the agenda at our annual summit, including surviving 30 hours and the progress of early years apprenticeships.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Well-educated early years workforce vital to closing gaps in 'school readiness'

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Working in early years should not be seen as a less well-paid, lower status and less skilled job than working with older children, a new report argues.

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Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

Labour commits to protecting early years funding

Childminders - Opposition to agencies persists

Nutbrown slams 'More Great Childcare' plans

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Schools to train thousands of teachers

Early years teaching centres named

Nick Clegg speaks out against Michael Gove's free schools

Council nursery staff warn pay cuts will hit quality

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

£3m Childcare Works programme launches to support 30 hours policy

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

NCMA re-brands to widen membership to include nursery workers

Free entitlement should be linked to quality of early years settings

Funding doubled for early years apprenticeship scheme

Shortage of 11,000 early years teachers, warns Save the Children

Early years qualifications: put your questions to Cathy Nutbrown

Experts press MPs not to isolate childminders in Ofsted revamp

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

NCMA to change its name in bid to attract wider membership

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

Wales launches 10-year childcare plan

Well-educated early years workforce vital to closing gaps in 'school readiness'

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