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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 […]

Posted on 1st February 2017 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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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 […]

Posted on 26th January 201730th January 2017 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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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 […]

Posted on 20th December 201620th December 2016 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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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 […]

Posted on 22nd November 201622nd November 2016 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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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 […]

Posted on 14th November 201614th November 2016 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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FRONT LINE: Sharon Wood, Manager of The Learning Zone

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, […]

Posted on 26th September 201626th September 2016 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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FRONT LINE: David Smith, Manager of Cygnet Nursery

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 […]

Posted on 19th September 201619th September 2016 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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FRONT LINE: Sam Graveling, Manager of Lilliput Montessori Day Nurseries

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 […]

Posted on 12th September 2016 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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FRONT LINE: Hannah Clifton, Senior manager of The Oxford Nursery

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 […]

Posted on 8th September 20168th September 2016 by Hannah Clifton, Senior Manager of The Oxford Nursery
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FRONT LINE: David Bessell, Owner/Director of Poppets Day Nursery

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. […]

Posted on 5th September 2016 by The Save Our Early Years Team
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As we enter a new academic year, Early Years providers have been sharing their stories of how the GCSE-only requirement is having a negative effect on their ability to recruit staff - and how, in turn, it is impacting on children and parents.
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