Trials of the controversial new test for reception-age children are to get under way in September, the organisation developing the checks has confirmed. The National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER) says that...
Early years assessment plans ‘fundamentally flawed’, study finds
Government plans to introduce a baseline test for reception age children to measure their progress throughout primary school are “flawed, unjustified and wholly unfit for purpose”, a study by a group of...
Popular early years interventions lack evidence, study finds
A number of interventions commonly used to improve the wellbeing of expectant parents and newborns lack evidence of their effectiveness, a study has concluded. Jo Casebourne, chief executive of the Early Intervention...
New Early Childhood research exploring Perceptions of Risk Taking in a Special Educational Needs Forest School
Faiza Shafiq explores perceptions of risk taking in a Forest School in a SEN setting in her research entitled ‘A Case Study exploring Practitioners views of risk taking in a Special Educational Needs Forest School’ as...
Nurseries face escalating funding gap for free childcare offer
The funding gap for nurseries to deliver the government free childcare initiatives has more than doubled over the past year, according to a survey of providers. The vast majority of providers said current government...
Quarter of early years workers ‘considering quitting’ due to stress
One in four early years practitioners are contemplating quitting the childcare sector due to stress and mental health pressures, a study has found. A survey conducted by the Pre-school Learning Alliance found that 57...
