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Future of early years training standards group in doubt

Thursday, September 27, 2018

| CYP Now

The future of an employee-led group established by government to develop early years training standards is in doubt after its lead member Busy Bees, the UK's largest nursery chain quit.

Call for London mayor to launch early SEND identification drive

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Friday, July 20, 2018

| CYP Now

London mayor Sadiq Khan is being called on to take action to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are identified and supported earlier.

MPs call for extension of 30 hours childcare to all children

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| CYP Now

The government's 30 hours free childcare initiative should be extended to all children as part of efforts to tackle social and economic inequalities, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.

Government mental health plans 'lack early years focus'

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve mental health help for children and young people are missing an opportunity by failing to look at early years support, experts have warned.

Greening announces plans for reception-age baseline checks

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Four- and five-year-olds will be expected to sit baseline tests when they start reception school as part of a raft of changes to the way children are assessed, the government has announced.

'Double early years pupil premium' to close poverty gap

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

| CYP Now

A doubling of the early years pupil premium is being called for by the Social Mobility Commission, as part of an ambitious set of demands to halt two decades of "failed" attempts by government to improve life chances for poorer families.

Education experts unhappy with DfE primary testing plans

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Friday, June 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Department for Education proposals to scrap tests for seven-year-olds and introduce a new assessment at age four or five would not deliver the improvements required within primary schools, education campaigners have warned.

Parents 'relying on breakfast clubs' in order to work

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Monday, January 16, 2017

| CYP Now

More than a quarter of parents fear that they or their partner would have to give up work if their children could not attend a school breakfast club, research has claimed.

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The education of younger children is being put at risk by a shortage in trained early years teachers across nurseries in England, a charity has warned.

GCSE requirements risk early years recruitment 'crisis'

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Monday, April 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The introduction of tougher academic entry requirements for new nursery staff will cause a recruitment "crisis", early years leaders have warned.

MPs call for nursery schools to become academies

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Monday, April 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Nursery schools should be allowed to become academies otherwise some will struggle to survive, a group of MPs and peers have warned.

Government U-turns on testing of four-year-olds

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Friday, April 8, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has ditched plans to use controversial tests for four-year-olds as a starting point for measuring pupil progress.

Call for qualified teacher in every nursery

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

All nurseries should have a qualified early years teacher to support children's learning by 2020, a charity has said.

School readiness project rated a success

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years providers and schools are being urged to develop closer links to improve school readiness in disadvantaged areas, after a government-funded pilot project was deemed to be a success by researchers.

MPs to examine importance of early years education

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

An All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched to look at how early years education can improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.

Council rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted plans children's centre closures

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were judged "inadequate" earlier this year has announced plans to close four of its 10 children's centres.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Councils to make £125m cut in children's centres spending

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's centres are to take the brunt of planned council cuts to children and young people's services this year, with £125.6m set to be stripped from their spending.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Early education focus for Lib Dems election manifesto

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled more details of how it will boost free childcare and education support for disadvantaged children if it forms the next government.

Early years leaders defend nurseries' education record

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Independent nurseries have reacted angrily to report findings that suggest they are failing to give the UK's poorest children a good early education.

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government moves to make schools publish details of their own childcare provision alongside their academic results will disadvantage other nursery providers, early years groups have said.

Call to boycott testing of four-year-olds

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Schools are being urged to boycott new testing arrangements for children in reception classes.

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's advisory body on social mobility has urged early years providers and local authorities to do more to tackle child poverty.

Laws outlines Lib Dem pledges to boost childcare profession

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Improving the pay and status of early years professionals will be a key priority if the Liberal Democrats form part of the next government, the schools minister David Laws has said.

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Future of early years training standards group in doubt

Call for London mayor to launch early SEND identification drive

MPs call for extension of 30 hours childcare to all children

Government mental health plans 'lack early years focus'

Greening announces plans for reception-age baseline checks

'Double early years pupil premium' to close poverty gap

Education experts unhappy with DfE primary testing plans

Parents 'relying on breakfast clubs' in order to work

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

GCSE requirements risk early years recruitment 'crisis'

MPs call for nursery schools to become academies

Government U-turns on testing of four-year-olds

Call for qualified teacher in every nursery

School readiness project rated a success

MPs to examine importance of early years education

Council rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted plans children's centre closures

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Councils to make £125m cut in children's centres spending

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Early education focus for Lib Dems election manifesto

Early years leaders defend nurseries' education record

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

Call to boycott testing of four-year-olds

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

Laws outlines Lib Dem pledges to boost childcare profession

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