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Family friendly employers now key to a productive and happy workforce, says survey

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Nearly half (48 per cent) of working parents regard family life as a higher priority now than they did before the pandemic, according to new research.

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nanny agency Koru Kids has applied to become an Ofsted registered childminding agency, with the ambition of creating 9,000 new nanny and childminder jobs.

Childbase Partnership settings awarded Green Flag eco status

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

| Nursery World

All 44 nurseries within the Childbase Partnership group have been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag accreditation for their commitment to exceptional environmental awareness and conservation.

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.

Staff Health & Well-Being: Part 1 - The state we’re in

Features

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

In the first part of a new series looking at staff health and well-being, Charlotte Goddard sets out how healthy we are as a society, and sector, and how inequality affects this

Training Talk - Racial Bias

Features

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| Nursery World

Carol Bromley explored unconscious bias as a result of training about race. By Gabriella Jozwiak

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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Friday, March 26, 2021

| Nursery World

With new findings revealing settings have been heavily reliant on the furlough scheme, there are fears nurseries would struggle with a sudden rise in demand for places.

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

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Friday, March 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries were losing more than a thousand pounds a week in parent fees due to the pandemic last December, according to research commissioned by the DfE.

Qualifications - Too much choice?

Features

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Research shows that prospective students must navigate their way through 320 early years degrees on the UCAS application system. Verity Campbell-Barr and Katherine Gulliver, authors of a new report, set out their findings

Outdoor CPD: Part 3 - Confidence boost

Features

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

How can early years settings build practitioners’ confidence in making the most of learning opportunities outdoors? Gabriella Jozwiak reports

The Reception Year: Best practice and the latest reforms

Knowledge Bank

Thursday, February 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The battle for Reception? Is this most crucial of years about curriculum or about skills/child development? In this Best Practice Focus, we consider the latest on the controversial Reception year reforms while exploring what best practice looks like for Reception year provision.

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

London’s largest nursery group is providing weekly lateral flow tests for its 700 staff, at a monthly cost of £23,584, because private and voluntary settings are not provided with home testing kits, unlike the maintained sector.

Outdoor CPD: Part 2 - Making memories

Features

Monday, February 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Outdoor CPD not only fits in with a range of training objectives but can also be more memorable and long-lasting than many traditional courses, Gabriella Jozwiak reports

Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

News

Monday, February 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The toll of Covid-induced stress has left one in five childcare workers at the point of resignation, a new survey by the Early Years Alliance has found.

Business - New regime

Features

Monday, February 1, 2021

| Nursery World

What are the new rules and dispensations on inspection under the current restrictions? Melanie Pilcher talks about how to adapt to Ofsted’s expectations

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.

Training Today: Level 3 Apprenticeship - On the level

Features

Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

The Level 3 apprenticeship was finally approved in spring 2019. Charlotte Goddard tracks the first cohort of apprentices to find out what they, and their early years employers, make of the new standard so far

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Settings which employ a graduate are linked with improved outcomes for children which last up to the end of primary school, new analysis suggests.

Coronavirus: nursery group criticises confusion over staff isolation rules

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

A major UK nursery group has called for clarity on Covid-19 guidance after conflicting advice from official bodies led to to eight staff at one nursery having to self-isolate 'uneccessarily'.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

News

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

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Family friendly employers now key to a productive and happy workforce, says survey

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

Childbase Partnership settings awarded Green Flag eco status

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

Staff Health & Well-Being: Part 1 - The state we’re in

Training Talk - Racial Bias

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

Qualifications - Too much choice?

Outdoor CPD: Part 3 - Confidence boost

The Reception Year: Best practice and the latest reforms

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

Outdoor CPD: Part 2 - Making memories

Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

Business - New regime

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

Training Today: Level 3 Apprenticeship - On the level

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

Coronavirus: nursery group criticises confusion over staff isolation rules

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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