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Human development and the early years

Friday, April 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Over the past 18 months, we have been pitched into a situation where we seem to constantly swim against a relentless tide of inappropriate policy ‘initiatives’.

A question of trust

Opinion

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| Nursery World

Current early years policies betray a lack of understanding of very young children's needs, argues Pre-School Learning Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch

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

News

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

News

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| Nursery World

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.