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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Learning Zone is based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire We are an Outstanding rated nursery with high expectations of staff but we have had major recruitment problems within our last year, […]

Cygnet Nursery is based in Kidlington, Oxfordshire We are a 72-place day nursery and will need to recruit two full-time equivalent staff early in the new term – we have […]

Lilliput Montessori Day Nurseries are based in Leicestershire Across our group of five nurseries we are currently under-staffed by five members of staff, all of which we require to be […]

In Oxford and Oxfordshire we have been having huge difficulties in recruiting staff. We have seen a big decline in applications, with Level 3s non-existent and highly sought-after amongst all […]

Poppets Day Nursery in based in Ongar, Essex We are driving to achieve a system where all our nursery’s practitioners are Level 3 but are having great difficulty doing so. […]