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Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Early years staff under stress due to unmanageable workload – survey

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years educators are struggling with their workload, with over a fifth reporting that they ‘frequently’ have ‘too much’ on.

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

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Friday, November 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Catherine Gaunt spoke to Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education, about the findings of Ofsted's Annual Report for 2022-23.

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery workers that have been put on temporary leave by their employer during the coronavirus crisis can be furloughed more than once, according to updated guidance.

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

| Nursery World

In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

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Friday, August 12, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

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Friday, August 7, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a year-long research project with the Education Policy Institute (EPI) to look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

One in ten childcare workers are officially in poverty, according to shocking new findings from Nursery World.

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

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Monday, January 10, 2022

| Nursery World

Nurseries across England, Scotland and Wales are being encouraged to fill in a survey designed to find out the proportion of staff and children who are absent due to Covid.

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) will be reviewed by the national education awarding organisation NCFE in the summer.

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

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Friday, July 7, 2023

| Nursery World

The number of disadvantaged two-year-olds registered for 15-hour childcare is now the lowest ever, according to the latest official statistics, while the number of children of working parents registered for the 30-hour entitlement is at its highest.

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the country have been impacted by the pandemic, staffing challenges and sustained Government underfunding.

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

The pipeline feeding Level 3 childcare staff into the sector is drying up, and we have the data to prove it. Hannah Crown speaks to a sector in crisis

Nursery Management: Poverty - Destined for failure?

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners know that part of their job is reducing the disadvantage gap. But what do they really think of poor children? Dr Donald Simpson, who has led a two-year study into practitioners'perceptions of poverty, reports.

Nursery Management: Qualifications - Status quo?

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

What does the history of early years policy and qualifications tell us about today’s workforce? Hannah Crown charts developments from the NNEB to T-Levels

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

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Monday, April 11, 2022

| Nursery World

High workload and workplace stress are significant factors leading to 44 per cent of teachers to say they plan to leave teaching in the next five years.

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Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Early years staff under stress due to unmanageable workload – survey

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Nursery Management: Poverty - Destined for failure?

Nursery Management: Qualifications - Status quo?

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

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