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Follow-up to speech and language review planned

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Inquiry launched to help inform Bercow: Ten Years On
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The Royal College of Speech and Language has partnered with children’s charity I CAN to launch an inquiry that will inform a follow-up report to a...Read more

Head teachers call for return of baseline assessments

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Head teachers union calls on government to drop tests for seven year olds
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Baseline assessments should be reinstated as part of an overhaul of primary assessment, a review published by the National...Read more

Half of working dads want to spend more time with their children

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Modern Families Index report reveals that working dads want a better work-life balance
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Half of working fathers would prefer to have a less stressful job in order to spend more time taking care of their...Read more

Breakfast clubs offer working parents a “lifelineâ€

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Research suggests that a third would give up work without support of breakfast clubs
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More than a quarter of parents believe that they or their partner would be forced out of work without the support of a...Read more

Confusion continues over children’s centre consultation

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DfE policy still unclear after life chances strategy dropped last year
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The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to confirm whether a planned consultation on the future of children’s centres will go...Read more

Government announces beneficiaries of £50m childcare scheme

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Education Secretary announces grant scheme to fund childcare places
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The Government has revealed details of the winning bids for its £50 million capital funding scheme, designed to support the 30-hour...Read more

Focus on ethnic groups to boost mobility, early years told

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The Social Mobility Commission highlights inequality in new report
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Early years practitioners have been encouraged to focus on the needs of ethnic minority groups in a bid to fight social inequality....Read more

Paid-for re-inspection discussions to be revisited, government confirms

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The Department for Education (DfE) and Ofsted will revisit joint discussions on the issue of paid-for re-inspections next year, the government has confirmed in its response to the Cutting red tape review.
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early years funding and delivery guide - updated

Free guide to early years changes published

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The Pre-school Learning Alliance has published a free guide to early years funding and delivery changes.
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The guide,which is available to download atÌý...Read more

Children’s centre closures on the rise, government figures reveal

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The number of children’s centres almost doubled between 2014 and 2015, new government figures have revealed.
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Responding to a parliamentary question submitted by Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central, early...Read more

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