Topic: Early years

In November 2021, government announced it would be increasing the supplementary funding hourly rate for Maintained Nursery Schools in 2022-23 by 3.5%.

• Document
• Early years
• Funding

NEU’s response to the government consultation.

• Document
• Early years
• Funding

Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are under threat of closure due to chronic underfunding by the Government.

• Early years
• Funding

A properly funded early years sector is crucial to any attempts to improve the educational outcomes of children across the country.

• Press release
• Early years

The revised early learning goals of the EYFSP narrow the curriculum and undermine the role of early years in education.

• Assessment
• Early years

When 4- & 5-year-olds should be settling into school, they are unnecessarily tested.

• Assessment
• Early years

There is now more primary and early years assessment than ever. English children are among the most tested in the world.

• Assessment
• Early years
• Primary