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Union calls for 'substantial' pay rise for 'undervalued' school support staff

News

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of people think teaching assistants aren’t paid enough, new data shows.

Coronavirus: NDNA and EPI launch final stage of workforce survey

News

Monday, May 10, 2021

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) have launched the fourth and final survey in their year-long research project, examining the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

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

News

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

Survey predicts one in three staff plan to leave education jobs

News

Thursday, April 8, 2021

| Nursery World

Overwork, a lack of trust from Government, and stress from a data-driven working environment will drive thousands of teachers, school leaders and support staff out of the profession in the next five years, a survey suggests.

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

News

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

News

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

Nursery group launches training academy

News

Friday, February 26, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery group N Family Club has launched an in-house learning hub.

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.

Call for large businesses to transfer unspent apprenticeship levy to the early years sector

News

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

| Nursery World

Employers with an annual salary bill of more than £3m are being called on to transfer any unspent apprenticeship levy funds to nurseries.

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

News

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

Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

News

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

| Nursery World

Despite being classed as key workers, thousands of early years workers are being prevented from going to work because their own children have been denied school places, according to new research.

‘Urgent’ action needed to prevent the early years sector from collapse – workforce report

News

Monday, January 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The early years sector is at risk of becoming unsustainable without ‘immediate intervention and urgent action’, the Early Years Workforce Commission (18 January) has said.

Anna Freud Centre launches well-being survey for early years workers

News

Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are being invited to take part in a survey to help improve staff well-being within settings.

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

News

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

Coronavirus: Warning nurseries could face shortage of qualified staff

News

Friday, December 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings fear they could be left with staffing shortfalls in the new year, as a result of the pandemic, a survey of early years providers has found.

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Union calls for 'substantial' pay rise for 'undervalued' school support staff

Coronavirus: NDNA and EPI launch final stage of workforce 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

Survey predicts one in three staff plan to leave education jobs

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

Nursery group launches training academy

The Reception Year: Best practice and the latest reforms

Call for large businesses to transfer unspent apprenticeship levy to the early years sector

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

Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

‘Urgent’ action needed to prevent the early years sector from collapse – workforce report

Anna Freud Centre launches well-being survey for early years workers

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

Training Today: Level 3 Apprenticeship - On the level

Coronavirus: Warning nurseries could face shortage of qualified staff

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