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New baseline check for Reception and revised early learning goals

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

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.

EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

News

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

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.

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Editor’s view - A puzzling situation

Opinion

Monday, November 25, 2019

| Nursery World

As the election draws near, policy on funding, training and revisions to the EYFS don’t make much sense

Future of EYFS Profile unclear as QCDA is axed

News

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

The future of EYFS Profile assessment is uncertain in the wake of the announcement by Education Secretary Michael Gove confirming the closure of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA).

Government unveils wide-ranging review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

News

Monday, July 5, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather has launched a review of the EYFS, which will consider whether the framework is too bureaucratic and how to shift the focus to getting children ready for education and improving the attainment of children from deprived backgrounds.

The EYFS consultation: at-a-glance guide

Features

Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

We guide you through the EYFS consultation document, its questions and the main points of concern

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.

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

News

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

| Nursery World

The dispute between a group of early years experts and teachers and the Department for Education over the Government’s planned reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage has ramped up this week.

EYFS: Draft of Birth to 5 Matters out for consultation with early years practitioners

News

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Play and the characteristics of effective learning (CoEL) have been included in the first draft of ‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ which is published today.

The Government needs to catch up with early years professionals

Opinion

Monday, March 22, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years assessment needs rethinking in light of the pandemic's effects, say Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes, Dr Siew-Fung Lee and Dr Diana Sousa of UCL Institute of Education.

Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term

News

Thursday, June 17, 2021

| Nursery World

The phonics check will go ahead in the Autumn term with children in Year 2, the education secretary has confirmed.

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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

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

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

Editor’s view - A puzzling situation

Future of EYFS Profile unclear as QCDA is axed

Government unveils wide-ranging review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

The EYFS consultation: at-a-glance guide

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

EYFS: Draft of Birth to 5 Matters out for consultation with early years practitioners

The Government needs to catch up with early years professionals

Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term

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