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A school waiting room?

Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

From the 30 hours to Bold Beginnings to a new Baseline pilot, the DfE is consistently ignoring our sector’s concerns, says Sue Cowley

Halfon launches inquiry into impact of early years on later success

News

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

| Nursery World

MPs are to examine the role of early years education on a child’s life chances.

DfE launches schemes to support early language development

News

Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has launched two schemes to help close the ‘word gap' that exists between disadvantaged children and their peers at the age of five.

Children's communication needs as important as fight against obesity

News

Thursday, March 29, 2018

| Nursery World

There is 'a wave of interest in early language', says Jean Gross, chair of Bercow: Ten Years On.

Nursery Management: Integrated review - Reality check

Features

Monday, March 19, 2018

| Nursery World

The Integrated Review has received a mixed response from settings in terms of the effectiveness of its impact on identifying developmental problems early. Charlotte Goddard reports

Scotland aims to boost role of outdoor learning for nursery-age children

News

Friday, March 2, 2018

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has pledged more than £860,000 to boost outdoor learning in the early years.

Campaigners publish case against the baseline

News

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| Nursery World

A coalition of educational experts, teachers and parents is calling for the Government to abandon plans for a new baseline for four-year-olds.

Campaigners against formal learning in Reception call for controversial report to be withdrawn

News

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

| Nursery World

More than 1,700 academics, Reception and nursery teachers, early years practitioners, parents, headteachers, union leaders, and MPs have signed a letter expressing concern about Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report.

Assessment: Reducing children to numbers

News

Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Measures of children’s progress – especially one-off assessments such as the baseline in Reception – are flawed, meaning neither policy-makers nor children benefit, say Alice Bradbury and Guy Roberts-Holmes

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

News

Friday, September 22, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for Governments worldwide to prioritise early childhood development.

Reception baseline assessment: dangerous, inappropriate and flawed data

Opinion

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Dr Alice Bradbury and Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes of UCL Institute of Education argue that the policy to bring back the Baseline is discredited and that Government should abandon these plans.

Society's technological drive at odds with child development

Opinion

Friday, September 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Cuts to services are not the only reason children are not 'ready' for school, says Sally Goddard-Blythe.

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

News

Thursday, September 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery groups in deprived areas should be led by an early years teacher or equivalent by 2020, a new report by a coalition of more than 80 organisations recommends.

Shortage of funding barrier to school readiness

News

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Lack of early years funding is leaving children less ready for school than five years ago, according to a new survey of school leaders.

Time spent in early years settings leads to better-paid jobs

News

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

New evidence on the potential value for money of early education and childcare (ECEC) to the individual and society has emerged.

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

News

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| Nursery World

All children benefit from early education and care from the age of two, with those from poorer backgrounds likely to benefit even more, a major new report out today shows.

Conference to tackle gender imbalance in early years workforce

News

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

| Nursery World

A conference on engaging men in the early years will be held at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford later this month.

OECD in 'schoolification' warning

News

Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Primary schools need to do more to be ready for children, rather than the other way round, says a new report from the OECD that examines the transition from early years to primary education.