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EPPE/EPPSE PROJECT on early education - Why investment pays off

Monday, September 22, 2014

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The EPPE/EPPSE Project has released new findings. Kathy Sylva, Brenda Taggart, Edward Melhuish, Pam Sammons and Iram Siraj explain.

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What can we learn from the OECD’s International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study? Dr Martina Street explains criticisms of the research, findings, and what future studies should focus on

Labour schools shadow calls for baseline assessment to be cancelled

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Thursday, May 14, 2020

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Shadow Schools Minister Margaret Greenwood is pressing Nick Gibb, School Standards Minister, to abandon the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) to support emotional well-being as children return to school after the coronavirus lockdown.

Analysis: What is ‘baby PISA’?

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Monday, May 15, 2017

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The OECD’s upcoming international study of early learning outcomes for five-year-olds has raised concerns in the sector. Charlotte Goddard reports

Truss to revisit role of children's centres

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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The education and childcare minister has agreed to look again at the core purpose of Sure Start children’s centres.

MPs and early years experts pledge support to make early years a worldwide priority

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

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A call to put early childhood development (ECD) at the heart of the United Nations' next global development goals has received cross-party support.

Study links UK policy change to quality

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Monday, May 13, 2019

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Staff-to-child ratios, and more importantly, staff qualifications and in-service training can predict the quality of pre-school childcare settings, a new study has found.

Well-educated early years workforce vital to closing gaps in 'school readiness'

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

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Working in early years should not be seen as a less well-paid, lower status and less skilled job than working with older children, a new report argues.

Experts divided over screen time limits

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Monday, February 4, 2019

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The absence of official guidance on screen time for children in the UK has sparked debate about whether limits are needed.

Slight rise in children achieving 'a good level of development' at end of EYFS

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Friday, December 1, 2023

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The proportion of five-year-olds with a good level of development and who reach the expected level across all areas of the EYFS at the end of the Reception year has risen slightly, according to the latest statistics.

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

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Monday, January 25, 2016

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A government-funded study published days after the Prime Minister pledged to roll out parenting classes to all, has reported the scheme will fail without proper financial backing.

Put outdoor learning on curriculum, policymakers urged

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Monday, July 11, 2016

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Researchers are calling for outdoor learning to be included in the national curriculum after a report found it is in decline, despite evidence of its effectiveness.

Creativity for children 'must be protected in new political climate'

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

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Creativity in children's early years is vital for the country's future economic growth, a new report argues.

Tests in Reception branded 'a waste of time and money'

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Monday, February 3, 2014

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Early years experts have criticised the Government’s plans to introduce formal “baseline” testing for children at the start of Reception, after press reports at the weekend revealed that the tests will start in 2016.

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

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Friday, December 3, 2021

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More than 40 per cent of health visitors are worried they ‘can’t do enough to safeguard babies and children’, according to new survey findings.

One in four babies in families with 'multiple risks' to development

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Monday, February 6, 2012

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More than a quarter of children in the UK are growing up in families with a number of difficulties, including financial hardship and parental depression, that are risking their cognitive and behavioural development, according to new research.

Welsh local authority introduces smoke-free play areas

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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Children in Caerphilly can now enjoy smoke-free play areas, following a campaign by local young people against smoking in playgrounds.

Early years experts weigh up the revised ELGs

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Monday, July 9, 2018

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Now that the revised Early Learning Goals are finally out, we asked an expert in each area of learning to give their initial thoughts.

Gateway to the Foundation Years

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Monday, July 18, 2011

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Anne Longfield, chief executive of 4Children, looks at the importance of early intervention and gives details of a new website for parents from pregnancy to when their children reach five years old.

Gove promises action on 'educational underclass' starting with school readiness

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

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Education Secretary Michael Gove has stressed the Government's intention to take radical action 'to tackle the scandal of our educational underclass', talking of the need to ensure 'school readiness' for children who arrive in reception class 'unable to form letters or even hold a pencil'.

Union warns primary curriculum will 'turn out robots'

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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The proposed primary national curriculum will hold back the progress of many children and label others as failures according to 102 individuals and organisations.

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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The Birth Cohort study into the lives of 90,000 babies and children will be chaired by Professor Dame Janet Finch.

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

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Friday, March 13, 2020

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An OECD study has found a link between five-year-olds’ use of digital devices and early literacy and working memory.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

In Focus: Early Childhood Education – Time for an ECE revolution

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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The pandemic offers the opportunity to transform early childhood education in England to benefit young children and their families, say Claire Cameron and Peter Moss

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EPPE/EPPSE PROJECT on early education - Why investment pays off

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

Labour schools shadow calls for baseline assessment to be cancelled

Analysis: What is ‘baby PISA’?

Truss to revisit role of children's centres

MPs and early years experts pledge support to make early years a worldwide priority

Study links UK policy change to quality

Well-educated early years workforce vital to closing gaps in 'school readiness'

Experts divided over screen time limits

Slight rise in children achieving 'a good level of development' at end of EYFS

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

Put outdoor learning on curriculum, policymakers urged

Creativity for children 'must be protected in new political climate'

Tests in Reception branded 'a waste of time and money'

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

One in four babies in families with 'multiple risks' to development

Welsh local authority introduces smoke-free play areas

Early years experts weigh up the revised ELGs

Gateway to the Foundation Years

Gove promises action on 'educational underclass' starting with school readiness

Union warns primary curriculum will 'turn out robots'

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

In Focus: Early Childhood Education – Time for an ECE revolution

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