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Can EYTs fix the attainment gap?

    Analysis
  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
    • | CYP Now
A Fair Education Alliance report calls for nurseries in deprived areas to employ an early years teacher (EYT), but opinion is split on whether this is the best way to tackle the attainment gap for poorer children.

Will reception test be beneficial?

The government is to develop a rating of pupils' ability when they enter reception, but experts disagree on whether it will be a good measure of schools' work and improve the education that children receive.

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

    Analysis
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Few parts of the children and families sector have been hit as hard by the pandemic as early years services. Shortages of staff and government funding have only been exacerbated by Covid-19 as demand for places has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels resulting in settings closing.

Promoting social mobility early

    Analysis
  • Wednesday, July 26, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Founder and chief executive of Achievement for All assesses Social Mobility Commission's recommendations for boosting early education

Early intervention grant raises questions over fairness and bias

Against a backdrop of continued austerity, the announcement last month that the early intervention grant is set to rise by six per cent from April appeared to offer some hope that services tackling deep-seated issues among the most disadvantaged children and families would be boosted.

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