The new Level 2 Certificate and other training options are outlined by Pauline Jones, senior programme manager at the CWDC.
The Liberal Democrats outlined plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours per week at their annual conference in Bournemouth this week.
Parents in Glasgow will pay 2 per hour or less for maintained nursery provision, as part of a five-year council strategy.
College-based childcare students will be able to continue to enrol on current Level 2 courses until December, pending the launch of a new Level 2 Certificate.
The job title ‘early years practitioner’ will be used to show which level 2 qualifications count in ratios, Nursery World has learned.
The vital topics of communication and language and outdoor play will be the focus of the Masterclasses at Nursery World North 2018 in Liverpool on 11-12 May.
A new trailblazer group has been set up to work on an apprenticeship standard at level 2.
This year’s expert panel of judges were clearly delighted to come together at the Chesterfield Hotel in London, to scrutinise and debate this year’s entries. It was a day of enjoyable discussion and...