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Level 5 standard in dispute

Monday, February 3, 2020

| Nursery World

A tug of war is taking place over whether the Level 5 apprenticeship standard should contain a foundation degree or the standard ‘licence to practice’ at Level 3, Nursery World has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Sector organisations have welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

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

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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.

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Level 5 standard in dispute

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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

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