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Schools in England were last week offered an extra 800m to stabilise the school funding system and avoid a repeat of this year's funding crisis. Education secretary Charles Clarke also set out the...
This week, more research has been released showing that downward pressure from a results-driven National Curriculum is leading to inappropriate practice in the Foundation Stage, particularly in...
It's vital for children's well-being to carry through the child-centred approach to learning in the reception class to Year 1, says Sally Featherstone, co-author of Smooth Transitions - Building on...
A cross-party group of MPs examining the Early Years Single Funding Formula has recommended that the Government consider introducing a unified funding system for all children in education from the age...
The latest DfE Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey shows the number of early years providers has fallen by 5 per cent in a year, mainly driven by a loss of 3,200 childminders.
The Government has published a response to the childcare funding petition, which has over 12,000 signatures.
When it comes to evaluating the effects of pre-school education on children, there is no substitute for large-scale, long-term research. The results of two such studies have just been released - the...
Details of what the next five years has in store for children, families, Sure Start and early years education under the new coalition Government were published today.
Funding for early years should be targeted at the most deprived areas of the country, the head of education at Ofsted will say today.
Political party manifestos have been emerging left, right and centre over recent days. And as the NSPCC points out this week (see News, page 5), politicians of all persuasions have been quick to grab...