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Childcare Counsel - breaks and post-termination restrictions

Features

Monday, September 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Our resident employment lawyer Caroline Robins, principal associate at Eversheds, answers your questions

Major nursery groups reveal gender pay gap

News

Monday, April 16, 2018

| Nursery World

Nursery groups with more than 250 employees have reported on their gender pay gaps, with women ahead in some companies, but men still paid more in others despite the female-dominated nature of the early years sector.

DfE consults on improving Functional Skills qualifications

News

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking views on proposed subject content for reformed Functional Skills qualifications in English and mathematics.

Sick pay costing nurseries thousands of pounds

News

Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Cash-strapped nurseries are facing a new financial struggle after it has emerged that many are losing thousands meeting sick pay costs.

British Sign Language wins GCSE equivalent status for early years apprenticeships

News

Thursday, April 20, 2017

| Nursery World

British Sign Language (BSL) is to be included as an alternative to GCSE English in early years apprenticeships from 24 April, after years of lobbying from equalities campaigners.

New management guides available: EYE courses, recruitment and policies

Other

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

| Nursery World

New management guides on key issues are now available.

Guide to: GDPR - Ten common questions

Features

Monday, February 18, 2019

| Nursery World

How do the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) work in practice? Alexander Fetani, of the Early Years Alliance* has the answers to ten commonly-asked questions

Workforce Strategy, Part 11: Final Roundup - Stop or go?

Features

Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

More than a year after its launch, has the Workforce Strategy delivered? Charlotte Goddard provides a systematic analysis of each section

Childminder takes petition against agencies to House of Commons

News

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The Stop, Listen, Consult petition has been signed by nearly 4,000 people and calls for the Department for Education to reconsider plans in More Great Childcare.

Managing SEND, Part 1: Legislation - Special cases

Features

Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

What pressures do managers face specific to children with special needs, and how should they deal with them? In the first of a new series on the subject, Karen Faux reviews the legal framework

First aid training will be compulsory for all nursery staff

News

Thursday, March 12, 2015

| Nursery World

All newly qualified nursery staff will be legally required to take paediatric first aid training for the first time from next year.

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

News

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.

Tax credit cut to hit early years workers hard

News

Sunday, November 1, 2015

| Nursery World

As the Government faced a revolt in the House of Lords with peers voting to delay cuts to tax credits, a new analysis shows nursery nurses would be among those in jobs hardest hit from next April.

Childcare and Education T level content published

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The detail of the education and childcare T-level has now been published.

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

News

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.

Guide to: Promoting the Early Years

Features

Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

What resources and initiatives are out there to help the sector promote itself to potential new and future recruits? Hannah Crown reports

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Ofsted wants nurseries to seek staff references – but an employer was recently sued for providing a negative one. Beena Nadeem investigates how settings can weigh up the options

Time to review employment restrictions

Opinion

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Chrissy Meleady of Early Years Equality calls for nursery employers to stop putting unreasonable restrictions in staff contracts

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 4 - Listen to the child's voice in your setting

Features

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

During your inspection it is important to show that children are confident about communicating with staff. Laura Henry suggests undertaking an audit to gauge the quality of interactions.

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 3 - How you can be an 'action practitioner'

Features

Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Staff need to be able to demonstrate their understanding of child development in practice during inspections, says Laura Henry.

Concerns over 'inaccurate' qualifications consultation

News

Monday, January 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The deadline is looming for the end of two consultations into the Government’s reforms of childcare training.

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

A Christian nursery worker sacked for comments about homosexuality recently won a case against her employer. So are equality and discrimination mutually exclusive? Katy Morton finds out.

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

News

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to slash funding for early years apprentices have been upheld by the Government, despite an outcry.

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

News

Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years experts and academics have slammed the new Early Years Teacher standards, which were set out last week by the National College of Teaching and Leadership.

HR Update - Don't fall foul of the new EYFS

Features

Monday, September 8, 2014

| Nursery World

The revised EYFS throws up some HR issues, with potential headaches for nursery managers over employment law, says Jacqui Mann.

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Childcare Counsel - breaks and post-termination restrictions

Major nursery groups reveal gender pay gap

DfE consults on improving Functional Skills qualifications

Sick pay costing nurseries thousands of pounds

British Sign Language wins GCSE equivalent status for early years apprenticeships

New management guides available: EYE courses, recruitment and policies

Guide to: GDPR - Ten common questions

Workforce Strategy, Part 11: Final Roundup - Stop or go?

Childminder takes petition against agencies to House of Commons

Managing SEND, Part 1: Legislation - Special cases

First aid training will be compulsory for all nursery staff

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

Tax credit cut to hit early years workers hard

Childcare and Education T level content published

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

Guide to: Promoting the Early Years

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

Time to review employment restrictions

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 4 - Listen to the child's voice in your setting

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 3 - How you can be an 'action practitioner'

Concerns over 'inaccurate' qualifications consultation

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

HR Update - Don't fall foul of the new EYFS

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