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Baseline providers give views on form of new assessment

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s decision to bring back a baseline assessment in Reception, just two years after it was forced to scrap the previous attempt, is a controversial one (see Analysis, page 14).

EYFS Profile figures show rise in results for five-year-olds

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

| Nursery World

More children have achieved a good level of development at the end of Reception than last year, according to new figures.

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

| Nursery World

August born children are more likely to struggle academically and be unhappy at school, according to new research.

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has moved to strengthen the quality of childcare years in advance of its target to double its funded offer.

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

The Scottish Book Trust's early years book gifting programme has received an additional 450,000, bringing the total amount of funding for the scheme to 1.5m until 2013.

EYFS REVIEW: children's minister announces further consultation

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather has confirmed that a further short consultation on the EYFS will be launched shortly.

Eight out of ten nurseries believe the EYFS is good for children

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

| Nursery World

The majority of nurseries support the EYFS and do not want to see any radical changes to the framework, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests.

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

| Nursery World

A new set of short courses on the Froebelian approach has been launched by Early Education and the Froebel Trust.

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Revised guidance and a multimedia resource for Scottish practitioners working with parents from pregnancy, and with babies and children under three, is being unveiled on Wednesday.

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

EYFS data highlights growing gap between disadvantaged children and their peers

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

| Nursery World

The gap between children on free school meals and their peers at the end of Reception has widened, updated data from the EYFS Profile shows.

Thousands call for halt to early learning goals review

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

A petition calling for the review of the early learning goals to be put on hold has received over 5,000 signatures.

Disadvantage gap will take 'more than 100 years' to close

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

| Nursery World

Children must be given equal access to high quality early years provision to tackle educational inequality, a leading think-tank has said.

Teachers vote in favour of opposing the new Baseline

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Teachers have voted in favour of campaigning against the Government's plans to introduce a new baseline assessment for four-year-olds.

Campaigners publish case against the baseline

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| Nursery World

A coalition of educational experts, teachers and parents is calling for the Government to abandon plans for a new baseline for four-year-olds.

Only a quarter of parents would encourage their child to pursue technical education

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Friday, March 2, 2018

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey show that despite Government reforms to technical education with the introduction of T-levels from 2020, parents are more likely to advise their children to go down the academic route.

Wales launches ant-racist training and resources for practitioners working with babies and young children

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Friday, May 12, 2023

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has launched anti-racist professional training for the childcare, playwork and early years sector.

Oxford University Press launches augmented and virtual reality EYFS app for pre-school children and parents

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| Nursery World

Education experts at Oxford University Press have designed a new app for pre-school children to use with their parents, which uses augmented and virtual reality activities to support the areas of learning in the EYFS.

Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

| Nursery World

Researchers from the Institute of Education at Nottingham University are asking for early years professionals and nursery managers and leaders to share their experiences of the recent changes to ratios for staff and two-year-olds in the EYFS.

Editor's View: renewed focus on phonics

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Formal early reading methods are about to get a tighter grip on young children.

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Baseline providers give views on form of new assessment

EYFS Profile figures show rise in results for five-year-olds

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

EYFS REVIEW: children's minister announces further consultation

Eight out of ten nurseries believe the EYFS is good for children

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

EYFS data highlights growing gap between disadvantaged children and their peers

Thousands call for halt to early learning goals review

Disadvantage gap will take 'more than 100 years' to close

Teachers vote in favour of opposing the new Baseline

Campaigners publish case against the baseline

Only a quarter of parents would encourage their child to pursue technical education

Wales launches ant-racist training and resources for practitioners working with babies and young children

Oxford University Press launches augmented and virtual reality EYFS app for pre-school children and parents

Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

Editor's View: renewed focus on phonics

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