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New Code of Practice to safeguard Montessori ethos

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.

Experts press MPs not to isolate childminders in Ofsted revamp

News

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.

Question mark over future of EYPs

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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

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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

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Funding for the early years foundation degree is being withdrawn by some local authorities, with a damaging impact on EYP Status and career prospects for the workforce.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

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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

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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.

Schools require 'new training on special needs', study finds

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

New teaching methods are needed to help schools cope with a growing number of children who have increasingly complex special needs and disabilities, according to new research.