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Tag Archives: Early Years Education
Our society must care for the old and the young
The experience that Robert Halfon MP has recently publicised of elderly residents from his Essex constituency ringing his office for news updates because their local paper is no longer available in printed format clearly makes an argument for people to … Continue reading
The failure by this Government has led to a huge loss of human assets
A week today the All Party Parliamentary group for childcare and early education is due to hold the first two sessions of a new inquiry into the funding of early years provision across the UK as explained in this article. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Early Years Education, Tulip Siddiq
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The Government plays slow and loose with primary education
The idea of spending a lot of time testing and measuring elements of a system when there are evidently fundamental flaws in the system as a whole is clearly an attempt to distract attention away from the flaws. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Early Years Education, Primary school
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Let’s redouble our efforts to care for all children
As Donald Trump through his UN ambassador withdraws the USA from the United Nation Human Rights Council claiming the agency is a “protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias” and images circulate around the world of … Continue reading
Fine words from the Head of Ofsted
Amanda Spielman is the head of Ofsted and yesterday she spoke at the Pre-school Learning Alliance annual conference. The words below are her opening and closing remarks which help to explain how vital Pre Schools and Nurseries are in our … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amanda Spielman, Early Years Education, Nadhim Zahawi, Ofsted
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The problems George created in Early Years provision
Whenever Governments decide to intervene in areas they and their Civil Service are ignorant about, there are bound to be problems. This is exasperated where Ministers come and go frequently and one new set of rules is laid on top … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Early Years Education, George Osborne, Nadhim Zahawi
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The DfE needs an informed EY specialist
According to this article ‘The government has pledged to plough £50m into bolstering early years provision in disadvantaged areas of the country, as part of an action plan intended to improve social mobility.’ Sadly this strategy is deeply flawed. The … Continue reading
Critical path in stopping Domestic Abuse
On Tuesday a report into Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence was jointly published by a number of national inspection agencies entitled “The multi-agency response to children living with domestic abuse”. The report raises a number of vital issues yet appears to have … Continue reading
£50m found under the sofa
It is great news that after nearly two years of calls to increase the funding for the promises made by the Government in 2015, that within 5 months of the delivery of the free child care that suddenly the Government … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Early Years Education
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A vital investment in education
Later this year thousands of families are expecting to get free childcare for their 3 & 4 year old children as a result of an election promise made by the Conservative Party at the General Election in 2015. At the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Early Years Education, Save the Children
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