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Early language skills define future learning

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Feb 22, 2016
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Five-year-olds with substandard language skills are significantly more likely to struggle with national tests later on, the BBC reports, citing recent research from Save the Children.

Academics at the Institute of Education studied the...Read more

Drastic drop in childminders across England

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Feb 16, 2016

New figures from the Labour party have shown a significant drop in the number of childminders across England over the last five years, The Guardian has reported.

Labour said that the number has plummeted by 10,000 since 2011, putting...Read more

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

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