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EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

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Children who attend a pre-school setting go on to gain better grades at GCSE than those who do not, the latest findings from a major study show.

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

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Monday, August 11, 2014

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Creative thinking is hugely undervalued in our society - but we must learn to think beyond the status quo, says Philip Bujak, recently retired chief executive of the Montessori St Nicholas Charity.

Councils pilot £2m fund for adopted children

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Monday, June 30, 2014

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Ten local authorities have been chosen to pilot the Government's new Adoption Support Fund.

Truss to revisit role of children's centres

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| Nursery World

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

New institute launches to connect childcare experts across the world

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Monday, June 16, 2014

| Nursery World

A new institute to drive the improvement of learning and care for babies, toddlers and young children has launched today.

Charity calls for action to reduce attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest children

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| Nursery World

A new report calls for more focused interventions to close the attainment gap between children from high and low-income households.

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

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Monday, February 3, 2014

| Nursery World

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.

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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The education secretary’s insistence that children should be taught to read using synthetic phonics is almost ‘a form of abuse’, a leading academic claims.

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

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| Nursery World

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

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Research interviews began last week with families taking part in one of the largest ever Government-funded studies into early years education.

Early years experts join forces over later school start

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| Nursery World

A focus on 'school readiness', testing at an ever-earlier age, and the downgrading of play threaten 'profound damage' to a generation of children, a group of experts warns today.

New EYFS guide to support children's development

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| Nursery World

A truncated version of Development Matters has been published as new guidance for early years practitioners and inspectors to help them review children's development in the EYFS.

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

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Monday, July 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

Government rejects calls for more focus on play in new qualifications

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Despite a call for more emphasis on play-based learning from many respondents to the consultation on Early Years Educator qualifications, the Government has not amended the criteria.

Scotland launches its first national play strategy

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Monday, June 24, 2013

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The Scottish Government has launched the country's first play strategy, which recognises the vital role of play to children's well-being and development.

Petition launched amid fears teaching assistant jobs could be slashed

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| Nursery World

A petition that urges the Education Secretary Michael Gove not to get rid of teaching assistants has gained more than 60,000 signatures.

Genes play a minimal role in how well children do at school

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| Nursery World

The influence of genes on the reading ability of children is limited, claims research.

Are we betraying children?

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Friday, May 31, 2013

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As a British Medical Association report on children and health reveals how UK outcomes are falling behind other developed nations, Sir Al Aynsley-Green calls on the sector to respond at a local level in order to drive change on a national scale.

Government funds 5m early education study

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

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The first major early years research to begin since 1997 will look at the impact of free early education from the age of two on the development of thousands of children.

Union warns primary curriculum will 'turn out robots'

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

| Nursery World

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

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EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

Councils pilot £2m fund for adopted children

Truss to revisit role of children's centres

New institute launches to connect childcare experts across the world

Charity calls for action to reduce attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest children

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

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

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

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

Early years experts join forces over later school start

New EYFS guide to support children's development

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

Government rejects calls for more focus on play in new qualifications

Scotland launches its first national play strategy

Petition launched amid fears teaching assistant jobs could be slashed

Genes play a minimal role in how well children do at school

Are we betraying children?

Government funds 5m early education study

Union warns primary curriculum will 'turn out robots'

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