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A supplement to Nursery World
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Managementwww.nurseryworld.co.ukSPRING 2019
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The past few editions
The past few editions of our Nursery Management supplement have been marked out by a new theme: colossal and mounting
The past few editions of our Nursery Management supplement have been marked out by a new theme: colossal and mounting
been marked out by a new theme: colossal
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pressure. This is a sector under massive strain. From every angle you look –an
pressure. This is a sector under massive strain. From every angle you look –an ageing and less well-qualified workforce, the rises in costs, the systemic underfunding – the sector is struggling to do its job.
pressure. This is a sector under massive strain. From every angle you look –an ageing and less well-qualified workforce, the rises in costs, the systemic underfunding – the sector is struggling to do its job.
systemic underfunding – the sector is
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Being a manager has always been somewhat akin to being a one-(wo) man band, but it seems this is getting worse. How many owner/managers of small settings are taking salaries below the national minimum wage, when all
Being a manager has always been somewhat akin to being a one-(wo) man band, but it seems this is getting worse. How many owner/managers of small settings are taking salaries below the national minimum wage, when all
Wage increases
Doing it all
Ofsted
The options for settings struggling to pay staff Pages 4-8
the national minimum wage, when all
Being a manager has always been somewhat akin to being a one-(wo) man band, but it seems this is getting worse. How many owner/managers of small settings are taking salaries below the national minimum wage, when all their hours of extra time are taken into account? How many are then facing the unenviable task of choosing between paying staff less than they deserve (by early years standards, which are pretty appalling already), and risking losing them altogether, or not replacing equipment/ buying staff training/ breaking the law?
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activities supplement
A guide to the new inspection framework Pages 10-11
Generation Z
Who are they and why are they different? Pages 29-30
30 hours
An evaluation of the policy one year on Pages 13-14
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Nursery children explore engineering Nursery Management
We know that Early Years Teachers, who get training to upskill, don’t, as a rule, tend to get paid more when they get back in a setting. And we know over one in four early years staff are on benefits. The money simply isn’t there.
If we want better Government subsidies, then we need to get parents onside, and translate the issues of underfunding into a language that will resonate with them. The fact that people put in charge of the education of their children are paid the same as someone is to clean their house is a scandal. No disrespect to cleaners, of what’s inside
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How settings are coping with wage rises amid other increasing costs 10 Inspection
What is new in Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework? 13 30 hours
The key findings of a report on the controversial policy and how it may be developed going forward
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Why effective, evidence-based professional development is vital 25 Training
An analysis of Early Years Teacher training and its place in a sector seeing frequent policy changes 29 Generation Z
A look at what some settings are doing to cater for the needs of their youngest
