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Government rejects child poverty commission targets

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty have been branded a "fairytale" after it rejected calls to introduce a range of new targets aimed at improving social mobility.

Research questions value of free childcare for three-year-olds

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Free nursery entitlement for three-year-olds provides little benefit to their long-term development, according to latest research.

Play Wales wins funding and closure reprieve

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Play Wales has been saved from closure after being handed £400,000 by the Welsh government to support local efforts to encourage play and tackle poverty.

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned that the move to a single inspection framework covering all education provision must not lead to further "schoolification" of the early years.

Literacy campaign champions early education role

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years professionals look set to play a key role in improving the literacy of disadvantaged children as part of a new national campaign to boost reading standards.

Education and childcare reforms come into effect

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

A host of flagship government initiatives covering early years and education settings and professionals come into effect from today (1 September).

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is looking at plans to merge its early years, schools and further education inspections under a single framework.

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of all formal complaints made against Ofsted over the past year were from early years providers.

Early years sector slams Ofsted over inspection plans

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted's failure to bring childcare inspections back in-house mean it is treating the early years as a "second-class service", sector leaders have said.

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted will bring the management of all school and further education inspections back in-house, the inspectorate has confirmed.

Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is set to announce plans to bring the inspection of early years settings back in-house, CYP Now can exclusively reveal.

Schools struggle to deliver free childcare for two-year-olds

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools providing free childcare places to two-year-olds are struggling to access funding and training, government-commissioned research has found.

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has blamed early years providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school.

Schools set for separate early years rating

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has launched a consultation on plans to introduce a separate rating covering early years care in schools.

Early years experts criticise toddler schooling idea

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Early education experts have hit out at calls from Ofsted's chair to open up school enrollment to two- and three-year-olds.

NCAS Conference: Employers urged to provide childcare

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Businesses and schools should be used to ensure sufficient childcare places for two-year-olds are available, experts have said.

Academic urges flexible schooling for summer-born children

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Schools should allow summer-born or pre-term children to delay their education at the stage most suitable for them, an education expert has said.

Osborne announces school funding overhaul

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to introduce a new national funding formula for schools to ensure money is fairly distributed between local areas.

Align early years assessment with Sats, urges Ofsted chief

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Friday, June 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Michael Wilshaw has said the Early Years Foundation Stage is a "weak basis for accountability".

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Children could miss out on their entitlement to free early years care as local authorities prioritise primary school places to meet a rise in demand, an education union has warned.

Teach First expands into early years

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has announced that the teacher training charity Teach First will be opened up to would-be early educators from September.

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities are using funding that is intended to provide childcare for two-year-olds to top up special educational needs budgets, CYP Now has discovered.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

National Curriculum review should include pre-school education, say early years bodies

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

| CYP Now

A coalition of early years organisations has criticised the government's National Curriculum review for not encompassing pre-school education.

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Government rejects child poverty commission targets

Research questions value of free childcare for three-year-olds

Play Wales wins funding and closure reprieve

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

Literacy campaign champions early education role

Education and childcare reforms come into effect

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

Early years sector slams Ofsted over inspection plans

Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections

Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

Schools struggle to deliver free childcare for two-year-olds

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

Schools set for separate early years rating

Early years experts criticise toddler schooling idea

NCAS Conference: Employers urged to provide childcare

Academic urges flexible schooling for summer-born children

Osborne announces school funding overhaul

Align early years assessment with Sats, urges Ofsted chief

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care

Teach First expands into early years

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

National Curriculum review should include pre-school education, say early years bodies

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