The Government’s proposed changes to the requirements of early years staff in terms of training and qualifications have divided opinion, discovers Caroline Vollans
The market for acquisitions has slowed due to problems in the economy and concerns over staffing, but high-quality settings remain favourable targets. By Annette Rawstrone
With complex special needs in children reportedly on the rise, qualified SENCO staff have been identified as key to supporting them. Charlotte Goddard reports
Go-ahead early years settings are coping with the sector’s workforce crisis by attracting quality apprentices and improving their recruitment tactics, discovers Gabriella Jozwiak
Maintaining high-quality provision is ‘challenging but achievable’, Nicole Weinstein discovers, as she talks to small and large nursery groups about how economic and staffing pressures are impacting them