The Government has this morning announced that Functional Skills will be reinstated as an alternative qualification for Level 3 Early Years Educators. The Save Our Early Years Campaign, led by […]
Global Parenting Expert Jo Frost Backs Save Our Early Years Campaign
Jo Frost, best known for the Supernanny TV show and Jo Frost Nanny on Tour, is calling for the Government to reinstate Functional Skills as an alternative qualification to GCSEs […]
Ellie Bailey, Level 2 Apprenticeship Graduate
I am a Level 2 nursery practitioner at a private nursery and I have worked there for nearly three years now. I am currently half way through studying for my […]
FRONT LINE: Chloe Pattinson, Level 2 Apprenticeship Graduate
I hope that the government makes a decision on the GCSE-only requirement for Level 3 study. It is such a shame, as I love everything about my job, yet I […]
An Open Letter to the Government from #SaveOurEarlyYears
Dear Sir, “There is now an overwhelming need for the catastrophic qualifications policy for early years staff to be scrapped – and for Functional Skills to be reinstated without further […]
Nursery schools blame government for shocking staffing crisis
Published in the Mirror:Nursery schools are facing a staffing crisis caused by the government’s “catastrophic” demand for new recruits to have good GCSEs in English and maths.And 25 leading figures […]
FRONT LINE: Abbie Thompson, Level 2 Apprenticeship Graduate
Abbie Thompson is a Level 2 Apprenticeship Graduate currently trying to move up to Level 3 I have struggled for a long time to get to where I want to be […]
FRONT LINE: Georgia Darley: Level 2 apprenticeship graduate currently trying to move up to level 3
Georgia Darley is currently working at Primley Park Nursery, Leeds I left school in June 2014 and went on to do a level 2 apprenticeship in a childcare setting in September […]
FRONT LINE: Carol Medcalf, Managing Director of Carol Jane Montessori Nursery School
Despite being rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, named as the South of England ‘nursery of the year’ and being highly respected within the community, there has been a visible drop in […]
Responding to the Department for Education consultation
Responding to the Department for Education consultation, Julie Hyde, Associate Director of CACHE, the organisation leading the Save Our Early Years Campaign, said: “We welcome the consultation launched today – […]