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Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

Friday, December 2, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

N Family Club launches new shareholder scheme

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Monday, October 17, 2022

| Nursery World

N Family Club has introduced a new partnership share scheme for its nursery managers and leaders.

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

News

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Settings are seeing an increase in candidates who are unaware that their qualifications are not full and relevant, which means that they are not suitable to fill roles. By Katy Morton

Research Nurseries: Evidence-based practice at a nursery with no disadvantage gap

Features

Friday, February 10, 2023

| Nursery World

In part 3 of this series, Gemma Goldenberg discovers what evidence-based practice looks like at a research school

Busy Bees Altrincham rated 'inadequate' as children 'exposed to undue risks'

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

| Nursery World

Busy Bees’ Altrincham setting has been rated inadequate after inspectors found children were left to play unsupervised with ‘tiny’ bottles of bubble mixture, which they could drink or choke on.

Recruitment and retention of early years staff a challenge for most countries, finds Ofsted

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

| Nursery World

The workforce across the OECD is ‘struggling to keep up’ with the demand for childcare places, according to a new report from Ofsted.

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.

DfE figures show 4,000 early years providers have closed in the last two years

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

| Nursery World

There has been a loss of around 4,000 early years providers in the last two years, resulting in 7,300 fewer childcare places, according to new data from the Department for Education (DfE).

Analysis - Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences

News

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| Nursery World

With high numbers of staff off work due to either catching coronavirus or having to isolate as a contact, many call for more support and protective measures. By Katy Morton

Management queries - Not close enough?

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Gabriella Jozwiak speaks to nursery leaders about how to support a staff member whose practice has changed since furlough

DfE urged to make full and relevant qualifications list 'easier to understand'

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Friday, March 18, 2022

| Nursery World

There are calls for the Department for Education to make its early years qualifications list simpler, as confusion mounts within the sector over which qualifications are 'full and relevant' with many graduates finding they don't have a 'licence to practice'.

Special Report - On a mission to expand

Features

Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

Despite workforce challenges and spiralling costs, the sector continues to experience unprecedented levels of demand for quality acquisitions. Nicole Weinstein reports

Teaching union wishes Ofsted an ‘unhappy birthday’ and renews calls for it to be replaced

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Friday, May 6, 2022

| Nursery World

As Ofsted turns 30 years old today (6 May), National Education Union members (NEU) are marking the occasion by delivering giant ‘unhappy’ birthday cards to the inspectorate’s seven regional offices.

Cost of living crisis sees students cutting back on basic essentials

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Monday, July 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Apprentices and students are taking out loans, cutting back on food, or missing out on teaching time because they cannot afford to travel due to the cost of living crisis.

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

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Monday, June 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Kids Planet, the UK's third largest nursery group, has joined forces with the Best Practice Network to launch a new graduate training scheme.

Nursery Management: Exclusive: Staff health - Suffering in silence

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

The first-ever dedicated survey of the impact of nursery work on physical health is in. Katy Morton and Hannah Crown report.

Low pay forces early years workers to quit jobs they love

News

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years workers should be paid the same as primary teachers, according to new research, which says that thousands of professionals in the sector are being driven out by low pay and lack of recognition.

Leadership - Age of reason

Features

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

In the first of a new series on good leadership and management under the Education Inspection Framework, Annette Rawstrone finds staff must understand the ‘why’

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

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Friday, April 17, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has backtracked on the amount of financial support that early years providers can access from ‘free entitlement’ funding and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) in a move described as ‘a kick in the teeth’.

New project to track Covid-19 impact on early years sector

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

| Nursery World

The immediate and lasting impact of the coronavirus on the early years sector is being gauged by a new research project, launched today by About Early Years (Ceeda).

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Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

N Family Club launches new shareholder scheme

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

Research Nurseries: Evidence-based practice at a nursery with no disadvantage gap

Busy Bees Altrincham rated 'inadequate' as children 'exposed to undue risks'

Recruitment and retention of early years staff a challenge for most countries, finds Ofsted

Early years staff under stress due to unmanageable workload – survey

DfE figures show 4,000 early years providers have closed in the last two years

Analysis - Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences

Management queries - Not close enough?

DfE urged to make full and relevant qualifications list 'easier to understand'

Special Report - On a mission to expand

Teaching union wishes Ofsted an ‘unhappy birthday’ and renews calls for it to be replaced

Cost of living crisis sees students cutting back on basic essentials

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

Nursery Management: Exclusive: Staff health - Suffering in silence

Low pay forces early years workers to quit jobs they love

Leadership - Age of reason

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

New project to track Covid-19 impact on early years sector

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