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Families lose legal challenge against Reception baseline

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

| Nursery World

Families challenging the Department for Education’s introduction of the Reception baseline assessment have been refused permission to take the case to a full judicial review.

Development Matters revised for new EYFS

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Monday, July 22, 2019

| Nursery World

The curriculum guidance for the revised EYFS is currently being developed, including an update of the non-statutory Development Matters, which is being rewritten as part of the reforms.

Bucks children’s centre campaigners lose in High Court

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Monday, July 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Campaigners fighting to keep children’s centres open in Buckinghamshire have lost their case in the High Court.

Relationships education at risk of being 'undermined' without extra Government support

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

| Nursery World

As almost half of teachers admit they lack confidence about teaching the new sex and relationships lessons, the NEU and NSPCC warn that without more support, the curriculum is at risk.

Exclusive: 'Avoid a Tesco curriculum', says leading academic

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Settings should avoid ‘a Tesco-delivery’ model of early years curriculum under the new Ofsted inspection framework, Professor Elizabeth Wood has warned.

DfE confirms timetable for revised Early Years Foundation Stage

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Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

Schools will be able to adopt the revised early years goals in the EYFS a year before early years settings from September 2020.

Exclusive: I don't understand anxiety over new handbooks, says Ofsted chief

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Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

The Ofsted chief inspector has said anxiety about the creation of a two-tier system for early years inspections has been ‘whipped up’ by a handful of early years representatives.

Phonics training company to run literacy centre

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has come under fire for awarding the contract to run a centre that will train Reception teachers to teach children to read to a leading commercial phonics provider.

New survey asks about child-friendly transitions to KS1

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Professor Julie Fisher is inviting Reception and KS1 teachers to fill in a brief survey about children's experiences of moving to KS1 to inform a new edition of her influential book.

Wales unveils experience-rich curriculum

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Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

The Foundation Phase in Wales is to be replaced with a new curriculum for children aged three to 16, in which religious education will be made mandatory from the age of three.

University to host free early years pedagogy and curriculum conference

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years professionals can sign up for a conference at the University of Wolverhampton on 29 June.

JM Barrie's childhood home to open as Scotland's new storytelling centre

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

| Nursery World

A new children’s literature hub will open in the house and garden that inspired the Peter Pan author as a child.

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

| Nursery World

A new scheme to strengthen early years practitioners’ Welsh language skills has been launched by the National Centre for Learning Welsh.

Sector unites ahead of Government consultation on EYFS

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Friday, May 24, 2019

| Nursery World

A new early years coalition has launched a survey for practitioners and leaders, amid widespread concern about the Government’s planned changes for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Thousands of schools signed up to pilot the Reception baseline

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

| Nursery World

Almost 10,000 schools have signed up to pilot the controversial Reception Baseline Assessment in September, the DfE has confirmed.

Baseline trial data censored in FOI release

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Monday, May 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has been accused of hiding data gathered from the trial of the Reception Baseline Assessment.

Hundreds of children and parents march against Reception baseline

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 200 four-year-olds, their parents and teachers marched to Downing Street today demanding the Government halt its plan to test children when they first start school.

Sustainable citizenship early years award to launch

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Thursday, April 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Nurseries can sign up for a new award scheme for sustainable citizenship that starts next month.

Labour will scrap Reception baseline and SATs

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

| Nursery World

The baseline test at age four and primary school testing would be axed under a Labour Government, Jeremy Corbyn has told teachers.

Ofsted inspection framework creates ‘two-tier system’

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have been responding to the Ofsted consultation on the Education Inspection Framework and handbooks that has just closed.

Pre-school children to march on Number 10 in baseline protest

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Four-year-olds will march on Downing Street in protest at plans for a Reception baseline assessment.

EYFS 'not recognised' in new Ofsted school documents

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Changes to the EYFS and new Ofsted framework are based on 'ideological and ill-informed' reasoning, early years experts warned at a conference last week.

Exclusive interview: Montessori St Nicholas on its milestone year

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Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

As Montessori celebrates 100 years of training in the UK, Nursery World meets Leonor Stjepic, CEO of Montessori St Nicholas

Parents rate early education highly, survey shows

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

| Nursery World

Nine in ten parents of children six and under agree that early years educators have an essential role to play in their child’s development and believe they should be paid accordingly, research suggests.

Schools call for overhaul of primary school testing

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Senior teachers want a 'complete review' of the way pupils are assessed as they say the current regime is ineffective and puts unnecessary stress on children.

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Families lose legal challenge against Reception baseline

Development Matters revised for new EYFS

Bucks children’s centre campaigners lose in High Court

Relationships education at risk of being 'undermined' without extra Government support

Exclusive: 'Avoid a Tesco curriculum', says leading academic

DfE confirms timetable for revised Early Years Foundation Stage

Exclusive: I don't understand anxiety over new handbooks, says Ofsted chief

Phonics training company to run literacy centre

New survey asks about child-friendly transitions to KS1

Wales unveils experience-rich curriculum

University to host free early years pedagogy and curriculum conference

JM Barrie's childhood home to open as Scotland's new storytelling centre

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

Sector unites ahead of Government consultation on EYFS

Thousands of schools signed up to pilot the Reception baseline

Baseline trial data censored in FOI release

Hundreds of children and parents march against Reception baseline

Sustainable citizenship early years award to launch

Labour will scrap Reception baseline and SATs

Ofsted inspection framework creates ‘two-tier system’

Pre-school children to march on Number 10 in baseline protest

EYFS 'not recognised' in new Ofsted school documents

Exclusive interview: Montessori St Nicholas on its milestone year

Parents rate early education highly, survey shows

Schools call for overhaul of primary school testing

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