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The Minister's View - Making a difference

Friday, June 22, 2012

| Nursery World

Ensuring that early education and childcare professionals have the right skills is vitally important. That is why I commissioned a comprehensive review of qualifications last year.

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

Staff facing ‘high financial insecurity’

News

Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years workers are in a position of ‘high financial insecurity’, with more than 44 per cent claiming benefits and tax credits, according to a report.

NCMA re-brands to widen membership to include nursery workers

News

Friday, March 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association re-launches today as the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.

EYPs warn morale will fall if they are forced to re-train

News

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Representatives for Early Years Professionals met with Department for Education officials yesterday to voice their concerns about replacing EYPs with specialist early years teachers.

Universities call for action on Early Years Teacher Status

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

| Nursery World

A letter signed by academics from more than 20 universities is being sent to MPs and ministers this week, warning that the early years graduate workforce is at risk.

Tens of thousands register for DfE's early years catch-up training

News

Thursday, January 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Tens of thousands of early years professionals have signed up to the DfE’s education recovery training courses, designed to improve children’s outcomes,including those that are disadvantaged.

Opportunity Areas: West Somerset - On the move

Features

Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

West Somerset, which has a high proportion of families in remote communities, has been focusing on getting it right from pregnancy. By Charlotte Goddard

Childcare should be 'actively promoted' as a career for men

News

Friday, August 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government should do more to encourage boys and men to work in the childcare sector, according to a new briefing by the Fatherhood Institute.

Free entitlement should be linked to quality of early years settings

News

Thursday, August 28, 2014

| Nursery World

A think tank is calling for early education funding to be given only to providers who can show they are ‘raising their game’.

Funding doubled for early years apprenticeship scheme

News

Friday, November 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has doubled the funding available for the early years bursary scheme to £3,000 in a bid to encourage more applicants.

Cash boost for nurseries hosting T Level placements

News

Thursday, May 27, 2021

| Nursery World

Employers will be able to claim a £1,000 cash boost for every Education and Childcare T Level student they host on an industry placement, as part of a new incentive scheme launched by the Department for Education.

Family and Childcare Trust names new CEO

News

Monday, June 8, 2015

| Nursery World

The Family and Childcare Trust has appointed Julia Margo as its new chief executive.

In my view - EYPs shall go to the ball

Features

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years has been a Cinderella sector for far too long. However, among the most important of recent glimmers of light has been Early Years Professional Status.