Unicef aims to adapt its Rights Respecting Schools project for the early years sector by embedding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into everyday practice.
Six local authorities are testing the approach to see how Rights Respecting Early Years Settings will work in practice. They are: Bracknell Forest; Dorset; Durham; Hampshire; Rochdale; and Wandsworth.
Hampshire's early years advisory teacher Pam Hand is co-ordinating the work: "The approach is something that should be happening in good early years practice anyway so, rather than introducing something extra, it aims to support good practice."
She added the work would link in with Every Child Matters and the Early Years Foundation Stage.
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