The autumn term has started, so get back to the books! Childcare expert and former nanny Tracy Hogg has followed up her hit first book with an equally useful guide, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for...
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
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.
Professor Cathy Nutbrown asked Nursery World readers to send in their questions about the future of early years qualifications to feed into her review. Here are her replies
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...
Nurseries and pre-schools can win Miffy books for their setting while raising money for Book Aid International on World Book Day (3 March).
Demand for the new Level 5 early years specialist qualification is high, according to one of the first training providers to offer the qualification.
A distance-learning college is being investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following a complaint that an advert on its website for a Level 3 qualification in childcare was...