Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results show inequality gap persists
The inequality gap between all children and the lowest attaining 20 per cent has increased by 0.6 percentage points.
The inequality gap between all children and the lowest attaining 20 per cent has increased by 0.6 percentage points.
Older children, siblings, BAME children and those with special educational needs are harder to place.
Analysis by the School Cuts coalition shows cuts averaging £382 per pupil for primary schools in the most deprived intakes, compared with £125 a year in the least deprived intakes.
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Teachers continue to feel they are spending excessive amounts of time on planning, marking and data management.
While Busy Bees and Co-op Childcare celebrate the work of their early years practitioners, a study in the US finds that educators are suffering from poor work-related physical and mental well-being.
Jo Bullock, manager at Bright Horizons Great Cornard Day Nursery, flags up the ‘different feel’ of its recent inspection and describes it as the best so far.
The show was the first of its kind when it aired in 2017 and has been commended for improving conversations between parents and children.
Campaigners were dealt a blow today after the High Court ruled the Government did not act unlawfully.
Parents will no longer be able to use an occasional tap on the hand or a smack on the bottom to discipline their children.
All three and four-year-olds and eligible two-year-olds are entitled to 600 hours of funded early learning and childcare, but this is due to expand to 1,140 hours a year from August 2020.
The Nottinghamshire nursery will offer the free childcare to new and existing families.
The wage will increase to £10.50 and be available to those aged 21 and over, according to plans outlined by the chancellor.
While Gavin Williamson promised to ‘super-charge’ further education, he made no reference to the Government commitment to early years.
The health secretary said people need to be ‘open minded’ and take responsibility for vaccinating their children.
The DfE is collecting any comments or concerns about a new EYFSP data collection closure date until 9 October 2019.
Just one in 20 cinemas put on a subtitled performance of summer hit, Ugly Dolls.
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Environmental sustainability is no longer an area of learning which is distinct from others but is something which early years settings are increasingly embedding as part of their overall practice and management.
The data shows that no regions in England achieved herd immunity of 95 per cent for the MMR vaccination in 2018/19.
Parents have criticised the Nursery Milk Scheme for excluding families that choose to drink plant-based alternatives.
The decision by the Old Forge Nursery has had a mixed response on social media, with one person suggesting they were ‘brainwashing’ children.
One in 10 parents worry about the pollution their kids would inhale if they were to walk to school.
‘No more promises of free childcare should be made to parents because it’s not free and never has been,’ said Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of NDNA.
Millions of people around the world, from London and New York, to Sydney, are protesting against the global climate struggle.
