The Government's proposal to require all childcare staff to be qualified to level 3 sounds laudable, but is it really such a good idea? Mary Evans seeks out views across the sector.
Ofsted has launched a Facebook page to help demystify the process of registering as a childminder.
Despite DfE claims that childcare settings will now receive a ‘boost’ in funding rates (as of last week - 1 September), many providers say they are to receive £5 or less per hour for three and...
Local authorities have been advised on how they should deliver the 250m Transformation Fund. Guidance published last week by the DfES sets out the eligibility criteria for private, voluntary and...
After five years of delays, the new Level 3 early years apprenticeship standard is finally here. So what’s new? Hannah Crown looks at the end-point assessment
For the first time early years and childcare practitioners will be able to undertake a specialist early years Level 5 QCF qualification designed primarily for people working full-time in an early...
Training company PBD has introduced a new higher qualification for childminders, in response to demand from the sector for a specialist childminding qualification.
A new Level 3 transitional qualification available from next spring will enable early years practitioners and playworkers to move between sectors. SkillsActive Playwork Unit and the National Day...
More than two-thirds of nurseries in Wales have had difficulties recruiting Level 3 qualified staff, according to new research.
I could relate to everything that Julie Kent and Annette Jerram said in their column ('In my view', 7 December). I, too, believe that if the Government is not careful we are going to lose our already...