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Scotland launches its first national play strategy

Monday, June 24, 2013

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The Scottish Government has launched the country's first play strategy, which recognises the vital role of play to children's well-being and development.

Think tank warns of 'nursery NEETs'

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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More than one in ten five-year-olds are at risk of disengaging from education when they start school, according to a new report.

Speech and language therapy for children rationed due to budget cuts, finds survey

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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Children are missing out on vital speech and language therapy and starting school without the language skills they need, according to new research by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Cost-of-living crisis hits households with children the most – study

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

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Children’s learning and development are being impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, according to NatCen research, which highlights that poverty rates are higher for households with children.

Petition launched amid fears teaching assistant jobs could be slashed

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

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A petition that urges the Education Secretary Michael Gove not to get rid of teaching assistants has gained more than 60,000 signatures.

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

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Friday, October 18, 2013

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Research interviews began last week with families taking part in one of the largest ever Government-funded studies into early years education.

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

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Monday, August 11, 2014

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Creative thinking is hugely undervalued in our society - but we must learn to think beyond the status quo, says Philip Bujak, recently retired chief executive of the Montessori St Nicholas Charity.

Row over daycare stress claims

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Monday, September 12, 2011

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The debate about whether childcare raises stress levels in young children is in the spotlight again, following a research review by controversial psychologist Aric Sigman.

Study finds little lasting impact from free hours

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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The £2bn a year free early years entitlement scheme has done little to boost education outcomes – because most children taking up the provision were already receiving childcare, a study has found.

Number Ten makes Allen wait for early intervention cash

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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The Government has not yet made a decision as to whether to provide joint funding to establish an Early Intervention Foundation.

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

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A cross-party group of peers is calling for fairer funding for PVI settings and for spending to be targeted at disadvantaged children who benefit the most.

EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

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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.

Providers to lead speech skills campaign

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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Children's communications skills will be the focus of a 'National Year' campaign in 2011 spearheaded by the Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary sector providers, set up by Afasic, BT Better World Campaign, the Council for Disabled Children and I CAN.

Government rejects calls for more focus on play in new qualifications

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Friday, July 12, 2013

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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.

Call for EYPP to be doubled to improve social mobility

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

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A new report recommends the early years pupil premium be increased to help children from low-income families progress.

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

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Monday, August 22, 2011

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Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities.

Singer Mollie King launches Dyslexia Awareness Week

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Monday, October 5, 2020

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Presenter and singer Mollie King and the British Dyslexia Association have joined forces to focus on this year’s Dyslexia Awareness Week’s theme: Dyslexia Creates.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

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Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

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Monday, July 15, 2013

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Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

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Friday, December 1, 2023

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A new study suggests that young children’s understanding of language is nearly back to pre-pandemic norms, despite ‘added pressures on today’s families’.

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

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Monday, July 18, 2016

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A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

New report calls for action on EYFS children's entitlement to outdoor play

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Friday, March 18, 2016

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Many early years providers are struggling with inadequate outdoor space, according to a new report.

Early years programmes 'failing to improve literacy and numeracy'

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Early years initiatives, such as Sure Start and the free entitlement for three-and four-year-olds, have not improved children's literacy and numeracy by the time they start school, according to new research.

Allen's early intervention report calls for better-qualified workforce

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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Labour MP Graham Allen has called for an increase in graduate and postgraduate leadership in early years settings, in his Government-commissioned report on early intervention.

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Scotland launches its first national play strategy

Think tank warns of 'nursery NEETs'

Speech and language therapy for children rationed due to budget cuts, finds survey

Cost-of-living crisis hits households with children the most – study

Petition launched amid fears teaching assistant jobs could be slashed

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

Row over daycare stress claims

Study finds little lasting impact from free hours

Number Ten makes Allen wait for early intervention cash

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

Providers to lead speech skills campaign

Government rejects calls for more focus on play in new qualifications

Call for EYPP to be doubled to improve social mobility

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

Singer Mollie King launches Dyslexia Awareness Week

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

New report calls for action on EYFS children's entitlement to outdoor play

Early years programmes 'failing to improve literacy and numeracy'

Allen's early intervention report calls for better-qualified workforce

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