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Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

Ofsted backs phonics teaching plan

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Phonics is an 'indispensable tool' that should be used to teach children how to read by age six, according to a new report by Ofsted.

Analysis: More than soundbites for EYFS reform

    News
  • Tuesday, July 6, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Only meaningful dialogue between the Government and the early years sector will avoid ideological swings in policy and achieve a balanced approach to reform of the EYFS, say Margaret Edgington, Richard House and Kim Simpson of the Open EYE Campaign.

Analysis: Can only literacy guarantee a Sure Start?

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  • Tuesday, June 29, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Initiatives like Sure Start show no lasting effects on children's achievement, argues Tom Burkard, co-author of a controversial report that recommends scrapping the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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