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Training Talk - Listen up

Features

Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

After going on a quality teaching course, Hannah Richardson now waits ten seconds after asking a question of a child

Show preview: Look North!

News

Sunday, April 2, 2017

| Nursery World

This year’s brand new Nursery World North Show, hosted in Liverpool in May, is set to be another must-attend event for all those who work in the early years. Here are some of the highlights

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

News

Friday, March 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s apprenticeships policies lack focus and will not close the skills gap because they fail to concentrate on the sectors and regions where training is most needed, an MPs' report warns.

Busy Bees buys Treetops Nurseries

News

Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

The largest nursery group in the country has acquired Treetops Nurseries, which operates 61 settings.

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

News

Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early years apprenticeship framework.

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

News

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| Nursery World

The Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency are merging to create one body, the education secretary announced in Parliament today.

Blackpool Better Start introduce new early years Quality Mark

News

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| Nursery World

Blackpool Better Start, a Big Lottery-funded initiative working to transform services in Blackpool for young children and their families, has introduced a new Quality Mark for providers of early years education and childcare.

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

News

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans

News

Friday, March 24, 2017

| Nursery World

A model for free early education and childcare that involves funding following the child and the Living Wage for private nursery staff are included in the plans.

New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland

News

Thursday, March 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Just half of nurseries in Scotland plan to offer the 1,140 free hours when the policy comes in, the NDNA's survey suggests.

ATL and NUT merge to form new education union

News

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT) are to merge to form the fourth largest trade union in the UK.

Alliance launches bespoke training for early years settings

News

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has launched a new approach to training by offering busy nursery managers a free consultation to help them choose training specific to the needs of their staff.

Nursery Management Spring 2017 issue: out with Nursery World 20 March

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Don't miss the latest edition of our popular Nursery Management supplement, with in-depth articles on 30 hours, the future of apprenticeships and much more.

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

News

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.

Nursery Management: Closing the Gap - Bridge building

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Why are some councils tackling the attainment gap in the early years between disadvantaged children and their better-off peers while others are not? Charlotte Goddard reports