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Nick Clegg speaks out against Michael Gove's free schools

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Monday, October 21, 2013

| Nursery World

The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to say this week that he believes free schools have too much freedom.

Why young children are too young to fail

Opinion

Thursday, October 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Wendy Ellyat says the Government response to 'Too Much Too Young' is inadequate and issues an invitation to join the campaign

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.

School starting age campaigners call on Northern Ireland Assembly for action

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| Nursery World

School starting age campaigners in Northern Ireland are today (Wednesday) meeting with the Northern Ireland Assembly's Education Committee to urge 'speedy action' on introducing a more flexible system.

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Opinion

Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Years Teacher standards have a vital role in shaping the nature of the work that early years teachers will undertake and the training towards meeting those standards.

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

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Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years experts and academics have slammed the new Early Years Teacher standards, which were set out last week by the National College of Teaching and Leadership.

Plan to ditch EYFS Profile in favour of 'baseline' test at the start of Reception

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The EYFS profile could be scrapped and replaced by a formal test when children start school.

Government rejects calls for more focus on play in new qualifications

News

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.

Editor's View - Development Matters matters

Opinion

Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Does the fact that Development Matters has been moved from the Department for Education's EYFS section of its website matter?

Ofsted chief calls for review of early years assessment

News

Friday, June 21, 2013

| Nursery World

Children could be assessed when they start school rather than at the end of Reception, Ofsted has suggested.

National Curriculum review - A springboard for success?

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Headteacher Alison Peacock argues that the teaching profession should respond courageously to the draft curriculum by enhancing it with a richly diverse and irresistible school curriculum that builds on high-quality early years practice.

Questions over funding for creationist nurseries

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Creationist schools are being funded by the Government to provide free nursery education places, according to the British Humanist Association (BHA), Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Northern Ireland education minister considers flexible school starting age

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| Nursery World

School starting age campaigners in Northern Ireland have welcomed a commitment by the education minister John O'Dowd to look in to making the age summer-born children start school more flexible.

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Opinion

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Those who lived through the bleak days of the Woodhead/Blunkett Education regime of the late 1990s scarcely imagined that early-years policy-making could be any more Dark-Aged, but in this respect the current Wilshaw/Gove regime is breaking all previous records.

Government funds 5m early education study

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

| Nursery World

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.

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.

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The long-awaited Government response to Professor Cathy Nutbrown's review of early education and childcare qualifications goes further than responses to her recommendations.

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Nick Clegg speaks out against Michael Gove's free schools

More six-year-olds pass the phonics reading check

Why young children are too young to fail

Early years experts join forces over later school start

New EYFS guide to support children's development

School starting age campaigners call on Northern Ireland Assembly for action

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

Plan to ditch EYFS Profile in favour of 'baseline' test at the start of Reception

Government rejects calls for more focus on play in new qualifications

Editor's View - Development Matters matters

Ofsted chief calls for review of early years assessment

National Curriculum review - A springboard for success?

Questions over funding for creationist nurseries

Northern Ireland education minister considers flexible school starting age

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Government funds 5m early education study

Union warns primary curriculum will 'turn out robots'

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

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

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