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Bright Horizons invests £10m to boost salaries and pay scales

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

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Bright Horizons, the UK’s second largest nursery group, is investing £10m to boost staff salaries and respond to the cost-of-living crisis.

Take part in vital new research into nursery staffing

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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Business and data consultancy CACI is carrying out research and analysis of nursery staff across the early years sector, and is calling for nursery employers to contribute.

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

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Friday, April 29, 2022

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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.

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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Monday, September 19, 2016

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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

Childcare seminar and report examine the state of the market

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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LaingBuisson is holding its third Childcare Seminar exploring market opportunities and challenges on 23 March in London, when it will also launch its latest Childcare Market Report.

Concern children with 'low level' SEND not being identified

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

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Early years SENCOs are worried that children presenting with ‘low levels’ of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being ‘missed’ as a result of time and resource restrictions, a report by nasen has found.

Sector views sought ahead of new workforce strategy

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

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A pan-sector commission is seeking practitioners’ views on entrenched sector problems ahead of its plans to publish a new workforce strategy.

Decline in the number of deprived young people training as apprentices

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

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The number of young people starting apprenticeships has fallen far below pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest data from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).

Coronavirus: Bradford nursery tells staff they must be fully vaccinated

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

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Ashfield House Day Nursery and Pre-school in Eccleshill has made it a condition of employment that by 1 September all staff must be either doubled vaccinated, or agree to become fully vaccinated, to work at the setting.

Teachers to strike in England and Wales

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

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Teachers who are members of the largest teaching union in the UK are to strike over pay in England and Wales on seven dates in February and March.

Organisations 'profiting from inspection preparation' accused of creating 'significant fear' around Ofsted

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Monday, March 11, 2024

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Ofsted has accused organisations and individuals profiting from inspection preparation of creating ‘significant fear’ of the inspectorate.

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

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Monday, January 21, 2019

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The new About Early Years Sector Skills Survey finds childcare employers are four times as likely to say staff lack crucial skills than in other sectors. By Hannah Crown

Coronavirus: ‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving key workers without childcare

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Monday, August 2, 2021

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More than four in 10 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders in England have had to fully and/or partially close at least once since 1 June due to Coronavirus self-isolation rules, a survey suggests.

Health and wellbeing study urges ministers to invest more in the early years workforce

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Friday, October 22, 2021

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A new report calls on the Government to reaffirm its commitment to creating a first-class early years workforce by releasing a ‘comprehensive strategy’ to raise the entry qualification level and publishing pay scales.

Sector concerned DfE mentoring programme will put added pressure on nurseries

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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The DfE’s new mentoring programme has faced criticism from the sector, with some raising concern it will take much needed senior staff away from settings already experiencing a recruitment crisis.

Government urged to do more to increase the number of apprentices

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

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The Department for Education (DfE) has been slammed for missing the Government’s own target for creating apprenticeships, according to Labour analysis released at the start of this week’s National Apprenticeship Week (7-13 February) 2022.

Busy Bees to recruit 700 new apprentices

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

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Busy Bees has launched its biggest ever recruitment drive as it looks to take on 700 new apprentices across the UK this year.

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

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Monday, April 11, 2022

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High workload and workplace stress are significant factors leading to 44 per cent of teachers to say they plan to leave teaching in the next five years.

Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

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The number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium has risen to 116,500, the highest on record, reveal national statistics.

GCSE maths and English pass a barrier to T-Level take-up, warn researchers

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

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The requirement for a pass in GCSE English and maths by training providers is holding students back from taking education T-Levels, finds new research.

Cost crisis, strike threat and staff shortage loom large in schools

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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Schools are facing a triple-whammy of problems this autumn and beyond as concerns are raised about the potential knock-on effects on children. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Scottish government says childcare expansion on track, despite some delays

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Friday, January 3, 2020

| Nursery World

While more than one in three eligible children are taking up the expanded 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare in Scotland, there have been delays to increasing provision in some areas.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Lockdown has boosted parents' respect for early years staff, says Montessori poll

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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More than three quarters (77 per cent) of parents have an increased respect for nursery staff and teachers following over a month at home with their children, research by the Montessori Group has found.

Exclusion of early years settings from new Covid fund a 'slap in the face'

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Monday, November 30, 2020

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The sector has accused the Government of disrespecting early years providers by excluding them from new Covid workforce funding.

Childbase Partnership settings awarded Green Flag eco status

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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All 44 nurseries within the Childbase Partnership group have been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag accreditation for their commitment to exceptional environmental awareness and conservation.

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Bright Horizons invests £10m to boost salaries and pay scales

Take part in vital new research into nursery staffing

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

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Childcare seminar and report examine the state of the market

Concern children with 'low level' SEND not being identified

Sector views sought ahead of new workforce strategy

Decline in the number of deprived young people training as apprentices

Coronavirus: Bradford nursery tells staff they must be fully vaccinated

Teachers to strike in England and Wales

Organisations 'profiting from inspection preparation' accused of creating 'significant fear' around Ofsted

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

Coronavirus: ‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving key workers without childcare

Health and wellbeing study urges ministers to invest more in the early years workforce

Sector concerned DfE mentoring programme will put added pressure on nurseries

Government urged to do more to increase the number of apprentices

Busy Bees to recruit 700 new apprentices

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

GCSE maths and English pass a barrier to T-Level take-up, warn researchers

Cost crisis, strike threat and staff shortage loom large in schools

Scottish government says childcare expansion on track, despite some delays

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Lockdown has boosted parents' respect for early years staff, says Montessori poll

Exclusion of early years settings from new Covid fund a 'slap in the face'

Childbase Partnership settings awarded Green Flag eco status

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