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Editor's view - Now we have proof of the benefits Early Years Professionals bring

Features

Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

The EYFS and Early Years Professional Status are widely acknowledged to have improved practice.

Parents want men in nurseries but male school leavers 'not interested' in childcare

News

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

| Nursery World

New research has found that while the majority of parents are in favour of men working in nurseries, most male students would not consider childcare as a career.

HR Update: Agency workers to be on equal terms

Features

Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Regulatory changes will have big implications for nurseries employing agency workers, says Jacqui Mann, managing director of HR4Nurseries

Lords bid to save Montessori and Steiner qualifications in Education Bill

News

Thursday, July 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Amendments to the Education Bill proposed by the House of Lords are seeking to preserve the accreditation of Montessori and Steiner qualifications and to stipulate minimum requirements for nursery staff responsible for the care of children aged two and above.

Gove's action plan to attract more outstanding teachers

News

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Training bursaries of up to 9,000 will be made available for all for top graduates applying to become primary school teachers, in plans to attract the best trainees to choose teaching as a career.

Nursery chains slam 'inadequate' Children and Young People's Workforce diploma

News

Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Dissent is growing among major nursery providers over inadequacies in the content of the new Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce.

New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

News

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Montessori settings will be expected to sign up to a new Code of Practice to endorse their professionalism and the quality of their early years provision.

Question mark over future of EYPs

News

Friday, June 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather cast doubt on the future of Early Years Professional status in her ministerial address to delegates at the National Day Nursery Association's annual conference.

EYPS providers miss chance to bid for new course contract

News

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

| Nursery World

More than 20 current Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) providers will be unable to bid to run the course from 2012 under the tendering process for the new three-year contract.

Analysis: Level three diploma for the children and young people's workforce - Fit for purpose?

News

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

No sooner has the new diploma been launched as the single qualification for the workforce than it is being called into doubt. Karen Faux hears why

Editor's view - Early years training is suffering setbacks among the celebrations

Features

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

It's amazing to think that there are now more than 7,000 people who have achieved Early Years Professional Status.

Analysis: Early Years Foundation Degree - Students may have to pay a high price

News

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Funding for the early years foundation degree is being withdrawn by some local authorities, with a damaging impact on EYP Status and career prospects for the workforce. Karen Faux investigates.

Capita scraps Strategies' replacement amid concerns over budgets

News

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Edsight, the education consultancy set up by Capita to fill the gap left by the closure of National Strategies last month, has been axed.

CWDC given go-ahead to re-design EYPS

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has been awarded nearly 17m for the next financial year to redesign the Early Years Professional Status qualification and roll out the New Leaders in Early Years scheme.

Analysis: Support and training from local authorities in jeopardy

News

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

How will local authority cuts in advisory services and staff affect support for the early years sector, asks Janet Murray.

Playwork diplomas are valid for nursery jobs

News

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

New playwork qualifications have been accepted on the Qualifications List as valid for working in early years settings, following confirmation from the CWDC.

Early years qualifications extension welcomed

News

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Colleges and awarding bodies have been reacting to the decision by the Children's Workforce Development Council to extend the deadline for offering some early years and childcare qualifications until January 2012.

Analysis: Rhetoric fails to match reality

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Changes to how the early years workforce can develop will impinge on the quality of provision available to young children, argues Pamela Calder.

Deadline for current early years qualifications could be extended following criticism from regulator of new Level 3

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

The CWDC has confirmed that it is reviewing the cut-off point for students to current Level 3 qualifications in early years and childcare, following a report by Ofqual, which criticises the new diploma.