Nursery employers reap the benefits of better motivated and more highly skilled staff when they get involved in work-related training such as apprenticeships, according to a report published by Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.
The report, Good practice in involving employers in work-related education and training, highlights that training developed by providers working closely with companies helps employees – and new employees – make greater contributions to the effectiveness of their business.
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As Early Years Practitioners you have the opportunity to make a huge difference in a child’s life in many ways. Think about how you can shape a child’s whole future if they come into nursery disruptive and misbehaving but leave to go to school eager to learn and well behaved.
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) today responded to the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). Whilst NDNA welcomes the commitment to children in their earliest years, the organisation highlights that the reduction in the percentage of costs working parents can claim back for childcare will have implications for the affordability of childcare.
