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Teaching unions call for baseline assessment to be scrapped in new report

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Feb 12, 2016
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Two leading teaching unions have called on the government to abandon the reception baseline assessment, after a survey of more than 1000 teaching professionals revealed mass oppositions to the plans.

A survey of reception teachers and EYFS...Read more

PM pushes for alternative to prison babies

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Feb 11, 2016
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Prime minister David Cameron is pushing for change for babies born to mothers in jail.

New research has revealed that 100 babies spent time behind bars last year, and Cameron plans to rethink how pregnant women’s offences are treated, as...Read more

Minimal wage increase makes good nurseries outstanding

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Feb 10, 2016
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Research from the Family and Childcare Trust has found that a pay increase of just £1 an hour can make the difference between a childcare setting with a ‘Good’ аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø¿ª½± rating and that with an ‘Outstanding’.

The study ‘In for a pound’...Read more

Eight councils chosen to trial 30 hours childcare scheme early

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Feb 2, 2016
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Eight councils in England will receive £13m to launch the 30 hours free childcare scheme a year ahead of schedule, the Department for Education has announced.

The government has confirmed that Wigan, Staffordshire, Swindon, Portsmouth,...Read more

New report highlights the need for better standards of childcare

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Jan 27, 2016

High-quality childcare plays a critical role in mitigating the effects of poverty on children, a new report published by the Family Childcare Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation argues.

·¡²Ô³Ù¾±³Ù±ô±ð»åÌýCreating an anti-poverty childcare...Read more

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