The take-up of free early education and childcare places and the quality of childcare providers is lower in the most deprived areas of England, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). This risks increasing the...
Budget: Government ‘failing a generation’ over early years
Early years leaders have slammed a “total lack” of focus on early years education and childcare in the government’s latest Budget. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this: Share...
Early education and outcomes to age 5
Research into the impact of early education at ages 2 to 5 on child outcomes at the start of school, and the importance of the early years home environment. Early education and outcomes to age 5 Date: 24 Feb 2020...
EYFS reforms ‘risk tick-box assessment approach’
In its response to the government’s EYFS consultation, which has now closed, the Early Years Alliance has voiced serious concerns that plans would see the existing early learning goals become a “series of bullet point...
Early years: A Better Start through Better Systems
The latest programme ‘insight’ report by A Better Start, A Better Start through Better Systems, highlights contemporary approaches to effective systems change and includes case studies from across the five A Better...
Too many tests for no good reason: parents stand against primary school testing
Our latest research demonstrates that the majority of parents disagree with the government’s policy of using SATs and other formal tests to judge primary schools, according to new research. In sharp contrast to the...
