Nursery World - Scotland could lead UK for early years

Policymakers in Westminster are being advised to take a close look at Scotland's approach to early years education and care, in a report published this week by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report, Early childhood education and care policy in the United Kingdom, is officially launched in Stockholm today (Thursday) at a conference on early childhood education and care policy organised by the Ministry of Education and Science in Sweden and the OECD. Completed last December, it takes an overview of early years policies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The report, Early childhood education and care policy in the United Kingdom, is officially launched in Stockholm today (Thursday) at a conference on early childhood education and care policy organised by the Ministry of Education and Science in Sweden and the OECD. Completed last December, it takes an overview of early years policies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The report recommends that central Government should consider approaches that have developed in other parts of the UK, including a later start to primary school. It notes that in Scotland, children do not begin school before the age of five and reception classes do not exist.

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