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Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

Thursday, April 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

Sector responds to free places for poorest two-year-olds

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| Nursery World

All the most disadvantaged two-year-olds are to be offered free part-time nursery places as part of a 'fairness premium', deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced last Friday.

Arts campaigners condemn school cuts

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

The abolition of a flagship programme designed to foster creativity in children has been condemned by teachers and ambassadors of the arts as threatening the education of the most vulnerable children.

Pledge to extend free entitlement for nursery education to 15 hours is upheld

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Monday, June 7, 2010

| Nursery World

The extension to the free entitlement to 15 hours per week is to go ahead from September as planned.

Practitioner tells minister: 'EYFS paperwork is no problem'

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Practitioners at the St Matthews Pre-school in Newham, London, where the review of the EYFS was launched, said that they do not feel that the framework is too bureaucratic.

EYFS REVIEW: implications for nursery businesses

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The burden of paperwork could be significantly reduced for nursery businesses if Dame Clare's recommendations in the EYFS review are implemented.

Scotland aims to boost role of outdoor learning for nursery-age children

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Friday, March 2, 2018

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has pledged more than £860,000 to boost outdoor learning in the early years.

Nearly half of all six-year-olds fail phonics reading check

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Just under six out of ten six-year-olds met the standard required by the new phonics reading check, the results of the first year of the test show.

Foundation Stage Profile shows inequality gap continues to widen

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Thursday, October 17, 2019

| Nursery World

Children’s overall development at the end of Reception continues to improve but the gap between the lowest performing children and their peers continues to widen, results from the latest Early Years Foundation Stage Profile reveal.

Sign up for the best advice and information on caring for two-year-olds

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Tickets are selling fast for Nursery World's Two-year-Olds: Policy and Practice conference on 19 April, which features a fantastic line-up of early years experts all ready to share their knowledge and experience.

New baseline check for Reception and revised early learning goals

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

| Nursery World

Education secretary Justine Greening has confirmed that there will be a new baseline measure brought into Reception from 2020, and early learning goals will be made 'clearer'.

Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Teachers have reiterated a call for the Reception baseline to be scrapped, after a survey found that many believe it harms children and is not an accurate assessment.

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

| Nursery World

As nursery owners in England gear up to reopen from 1 June, an online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, has pulled together expert advice on key questions.

MPs urge 'caution' over introducing Reception baseline

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Monday, May 1, 2017

| Nursery World

The education select committee is calling for a thorough evaluation with early years experts to look at the pros and cons of introducing a baseline in Reception.

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.

EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| Nursery World

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.

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.

Less than 8 per cent of teachers believe baseline assessment is ‘fair and accurate’

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Friday, February 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Teaching unions are calling on the Government to scrap the Reception baseline after a damning report has found that most primary school teachers find it unreliable and inaccurate.

Analysis: Don't miss the Early Years Foundation Stage review deadline

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

It's vital for as many individuals as possible to respond to the consultation on the review of the EYFS. Wendy Scott and Anne O'Connor explain why.

EYFS review prioritises how children learn

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

How, rather than what, children learn should be given greater emphasis under a revised early years framework, the EYFS review has recommended.

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| Nursery World

A new group made up of academics and practitioners will draft an alternative early years curriculum, amid concerns that the review of the EYFS does not go far enough in reforming the current early years framework.

Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Clarks has pledged to train all 6,500 of its staff in developing children’s speech, language and communication skills and engaging with families in stores across the country.

Primary curriculum is 'fatally flawed', Gove adviser says

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A leading academic who advised the education secretary on plans to revise the primary curriculum has slammed the Government's proposals.

Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline

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Monday, September 2, 2019

| Nursery World

Most primary school heads are highly critical about the Government's plans to bring in the Reception Baseline Assessment, a survey suggests, as a national pilot of the test gets underway.

DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores

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Friday, September 6, 2019

| Nursery World

New research shows that the Reception baseline is an appropriate starting point for measuring progress, the Government claims today.

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Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

Sector responds to free places for poorest two-year-olds

Arts campaigners condemn school cuts

Pledge to extend free entitlement for nursery education to 15 hours is upheld

Practitioner tells minister: 'EYFS paperwork is no problem'

EYFS REVIEW: implications for nursery businesses

Scotland aims to boost role of outdoor learning for nursery-age children

Nearly half of all six-year-olds fail phonics reading check

Foundation Stage Profile shows inequality gap continues to widen

Sign up for the best advice and information on caring for two-year-olds

New baseline check for Reception and revised early learning goals

Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

MPs urge 'caution' over introducing Reception baseline

Early years experts join forces over later school start

EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

Government rejects calls for more focus on play in new qualifications

Less than 8 per cent of teachers believe baseline assessment is ‘fair and accurate’

Analysis: Don't miss the Early Years Foundation Stage review deadline

EYFS review prioritises how children learn

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills

Primary curriculum is 'fatally flawed', Gove adviser says

Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline

DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores

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