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150 representatives from maintained nursery schools in England march to Downing Street to deliver a petition to the Chancellor, calling on him to ‘take urgent action’ over funding.
Providing good quality early education should be considered by Government and policymakers as vitally important and a funding priority, but for too long it has been starved.
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) and National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) report into impact of the pandemic on early years.
It is shameful that the Government continues to let down the Early Years sector. The Government’s current policies and lack of action are clearly a threat to the sector and the life chances of the children they educate.
NEU Northern Ireland lobbies the Education Minister on school starting age flexibility.
The report confirms what early years educators have repeatedly told Government: recovery from the pandemic must be concerned with building back the social element in children's lives.
The clarification to the census guidance is a limited and confusing response to a worsening crisis. Its offer of top-up funding does not guarantee the necessary level of financial support.
The Covid-19 pandemic has further highlighted the flaws in our primary assessment system that fails to put children first.
The National Education Union and UNISON have highlighted a series of funding and safety issues ministers must address to ensure community safety around the care and education of young children.
We need urgent funding for early years and maintained nursery schools now to prevent closures in this vital sector.
This report by the EPI is further evidence of the deep financial and structural impact the Coronavirus continues to have on the Early Years sector as a whole.
Extension of supplementary funding for Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) through to summer 2021
Education experts call for Downing Street to prioritise Maintained Nursery School funding.
The National Education Union welcomes the decision not to implement reception baseline assessment in September.
Ahead of the Budget, a coalition of organisations acting in defence of maintained nursery schools will be handing in a 25,000-signature petition to the Prime Minister at Downing street.
The DfE has satisfied itself about the technical validity of the tests, but is completely incurious about the effects of Baseline Assessment on the educational experience of four year-olds.
Government should learn the lesson of this report: serious change begins with funding, and with a sustained programme to improve workforce qualifications.
The fight against disadvantage begins in the early years, and Labour’s policies recognise this.
Labour Party policy on Early Years Education
We are pleased the Government has bowed to pressure from parents and educators by extending funding for maintained nursery schools for a further two terms.
Following the recent sector-led response to proposed changes to the EYFS, early years expert, Dr Sue Allingham, of Keeping Early Years Unique, sets out the concerns of the sector, and the principles which must be defended.
Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) are under threat of closure due to chronic underfunding by the Government.
Commenting on the passing of Motion 15 at the Annual Conference of the National Education Union, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said:
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on a report from an All-Party Parliamentary Group on social mobility, published today.
Early Years Foundation Stage is a distinct phase of education, with specific values and approaches, not just a preparation for school.
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, has commented on Equity in Education, the latest report in the Pisa series from the OECD.
In 2017 the ATL section of the National Education Union commissioned Alice Bradbury and Guy Roberts-Holmes to investigate the extent to which ability groups were used in the earliest years of primary school, the impact on staff and pupils and the drivers of this practice.
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on the Sutton Trust report Closing Gaps Early, published today.
