Early Years

Friday

2nd Sep 2022

‘Nursery premium’ proposed to help primary school starters
The disadvantage-related attainment gap emerges before children even start school, so action is needed early in their lives, say Scottish Liberal Democrats
'Nursery premium' proposed to help primary school starters

Thursday

30th Jun 2022

EYFS: Disadvantaged pupil levels hits new record in 2022
Numbers of 3- to 4-year-olds on pupil premium jumped by 8 per cent to 116,500 this year compared with 2021
Multi, head, sideline, early, years

Wednesday

18th May 2022

Three extra Reception pupils per class fell behind in pandemic
A new report from the Education Endowment Foundation has found that four- and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the expected levels of development in 2021 than before Covid disruption
Early years sit around a table with building blocks

Wednesday

13th Apr 2022

Data: expansion of funded early years hours in Scotland
Report shows how first year of flagship early years policy is working in practice
Scotland, EYS, hours, funding

Tuesday

12th Apr 2022

DfE invites bids to run 18 Early Years hubs to support Covid recovery
New tender documents show potential value of Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs contract has been reduced by a fifth
Nursery children sat round table with teacher playing with building blocks
Sats target ‘will not be met’ without more early years focus, experts warn
2030 KS2 target unachievable without further intervention due to Covid disruption, say early years leaders
reception class sit at table with teacher
Fears early years pupils in poverty are missing out on FSM
Growing concerns over rise in number of nursery children eligible for free school meals
New concerns have been raised about the extent to which children who are nursery age are missing out on free school meals.

Monday

7th Mar 2022

EYFS: Third of primaries yet to sign up for catch-up scheme
A quarter more primary schools signed up to the £8m second wave of the government’s language Covid catch-up scheme for Reception pupils

Thursday

24th Feb 2022

Tes’ 10 questions with... Lynn McNair
The early years leader and researcher shares insight from a 40-year career
Lynn McNair

Thursday

13th Jan 2022

DfE relaxes EYFS class mixing rules amid staff shortages
Exclusive: Government says EYFS class staff to pupil ratio rules can be ‘temporarily’ changed as Covid is an ‘exceptional circumstance’
infant children in class

Wednesday

3rd Nov 2021

Minister’s race complaint against nursery is upheld
Nursery was accused of rejecting application for daughter of Scottish health secretary in favour of children with ‘white-sounding names’

Tuesday

5th Oct 2021

Nursery schools need extra £96m to survive, DfE is told
Heads and teachers’ leaders in joint call for government to provide long-term solution for maintained nursery schools