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Apprenticeships plan set out

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

| Nursery World

The new Institute for Apprenticeships, which launched this month, will regulate the quality of apprenticeships, including the new apprenticeship standards produced by employers.

Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis

News

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

| Nursery World

A new sector-led campaign with schools and colleges aims to encourage more young people to consider childcare as a career.

30 Hours, Part 6: Portsmouth pilot

Features

Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Although concerns remain, some settings in Portsmouth report success so far with the 30 hours trial, writes Charlotte Goddard, while James Hempsall gives his take

Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

News

Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association is calling on the Government to rethink its flagship 30-hours policy after a fifth of respondents to its annual survey said there is little or no chance they will be offering the extra free entitlement come September.

Children’s services update - Learning about gender and sex

Features

Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

John Simmonds looks at new legislation on relationships education and its implications

Speaking with one voice

Opinion

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

| Nursery World

Let's use our collective strength to talk to government about early years sector concerns, says Cheryl Hadland, founder of Tops Day Nurseries

DfE finds £50m more for 30 hours expansion

News

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| Nursery World

The early years sector is cautiously welcoming an extra £50 million cash injection for expanding nursery capacity and offering 30-hour places.

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

News

Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

All employers with 250 or more employees will now be required by law to publish figures on the gender pay gap.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

News

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

Nurseries unwilling to commit to Government's 30-hour childcare scheme

News

Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Less than half of early years settings plan to offer the Government’s 30-hour offer, research from the Pre-school Learning Alliance suggests.

Hundreds of settings closing doors as 30 hours looms

News

Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

New figures suggest hundreds of childcare settings are closing across the country.

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.

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.

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

Nursery Management: Schools Forums - Team spirit

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

What are schools forums and why do they matter? With funding set to take on an extra dimension from September with the free entitlement extension to 30 hours, Charlotte Goddard investigates

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Business Support - Stretch marks

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

What next for those who won capital funding to extend their settings before September? – and for the many who did not get a grant, what other options are there? asks Karen Faux

Nursery Management: Apprenticeship Roundup - Slow progress

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The deadlock over GCSEs at Level 3 has set early years apprenticeships back years. Following the Government U-turn and the sacking of the trailblazer group, what now? asks Hannah Crown

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The way that councils are setting rates for 30 hours funding varies widely across the country. Jo Parkes assesses some big differences in approach

EXCLUSIVE: Apprenticeship trailblazers 'bullied' over GCSEs, claim former members

News

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government ‘bullied and threatened’ the sector's trailblazer group in a row over GCSEs, two ex-members have claimed.

GCSEs U-turn praised, but questions remain

News

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The sector has welcomed the early years minister Caroline Dinenage’s decision to reinstate functional skills as alternatives to GCSEs in English and maths for Level 3 qualifications.

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

News

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have accused Chancellor Philip Hammond of prioritising support for pubs over nurseries, as he announced plans to offer some business rate relief in his Spring Budget speech.

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Apprenticeships plan set out

Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis

30 Hours, Part 6: Portsmouth pilot

Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

Children’s services update - Learning about gender and sex

Speaking with one voice

DfE finds £50m more for 30 hours expansion

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Nurseries unwilling to commit to Government's 30-hour childcare scheme

Hundreds of settings closing doors as 30 hours looms

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

Blackpool Better Start introduce new early years Quality Mark

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

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

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

Nursery Management: Closing the Gap - Bridge building

Nursery Management: Schools Forums - Team spirit

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Business Support - Stretch marks

Nursery Management: Apprenticeship Roundup - Slow progress

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

EXCLUSIVE: Apprenticeship trailblazers 'bullied' over GCSEs, claim former members

GCSEs U-turn praised, but questions remain

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

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