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There is an interesting article in today's Guardian. Tracy Brabin, the shadow minister for early years, has been inteviewed and has given her views on the early years sector. You can read the piece here.
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Early years consultant Kathy Brodie has launched early years tv. This explanation is from the website: "Each week we feature a free 20-40 minute interview with a leading expert specifically selected to get you up to speed fast on an important Early Years topic or area of interest. We cover topics like personal, social and emotional development, play, neuroscience and observations, all the way through to leadership and management, news updates, and sometimes simply examples and stories to inspire you. Each interview is posted on Friday evening (UK time) and is available to watch completely free for a week, until the next episode is posted."
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There seems to be 'word on the street' that Ofsted are considering moving away from their current judgement descriptors (Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate). This has been reported in Schools Weeks magazine: Could Ofsted be about to wipe the grading slate clean? Here at FSF HQ we're interested to know your thoughts on this - things that happen in schools tend, in time, to filter down to early years inspections. What is your view? How would it affect you and your setting? Personally, I think it would be a good thing - either you are meeting the statutory requirements or you are not. I think that parents have their own view of what they want fo…
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This NSPCC explanation of how to keep children safe online is excellent - it might be worth sharing it with your parents. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/parental-controls/
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An important point on Victoria Derbyshire's BBC programme today: "Two in three councils providing nursery services do not employ any men, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned. How can diversity in the profession be improved?". David Wright, who wrote this article for us, has been a major contributor to this discussion. You can read the BBC piece and listen to the discussion from here.
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The Education secretary, Damian Hinds has announced that the deadline for joining the childcare vouchers scheme has been extended by six months. Previously, the final date for applications was 6th April 2018. The final date will now be during October 2018. The exchange in Parliament went as follows (from Hansard) The Secretary of State for Education (Damian Hinds) We have had fully 24 Back-Bench speeches in this debate, and I will seek to respond to as many as I can in the short time available. There are five main elements to our support in early years and childcare, and each one is a bigger offer than under Labou…
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The Education Policy Institute has published a comprehensive analysis of the early years workforce in England. The analysis studies the latest publicly available data to build a detailed picture of the present day workforce. It examines staff composition, qualifications, pay and other trends at a provider, national and regional level, and assesses the implications of these findings for the future of early years provision. We are delighted that Sara Bonetti, the report author, will be writing for the Foundation Stage Forum in April about how practitioners can make a difference when it comes to early years policy Read the full report here
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At a recent Learn Explore Debate event, we had opportunity to look at how early years is shaping in the near future. Much of the plas are in this document, known as the Social mobility Action Plan which has a whole section on early years. Good news, from Sue Robb that the govt is absolutely comitted to keeping reception in the EYFS. Bold beginnings may have concerned us that it might be taken out. We got updates on the EYFSP, rewriting of the Early learning goals, the new baseline in reception, a focus on physical health, the munch n move conference, and opportunities to apply for funding to support language early literacy and numeracy, partnership working, SEND…
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In its 17th annual Childcare Survey, the Family and Childcare Trust reveals that childcare prices have surged at double the rate of inflation, undermining Government’s new investments. Following the rollout of new government support schemes in 2017, most parents are now entitled to some help with childcare costs – but the confusing hotchpotch of seven different types of support means parents are at risk of missing out on the help they need. Many working parents using the new tax free childcare and the 30 hours free childcare offer for three and four year olds will be spending less on childcare this year, but savings could dry up quickly if prices continue to rise at …
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The NDNA have released their annual workforce survey and the findings prove stark reading: "Qualified staff are leaving nurseries because of underfunding and endemic low pay in the sector, putting the government’s promise to provide high quality, accessible childcare under threat, National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) can reveal. 69% of L3 practitioners leave sector due to policy changes NDNA’s latest annual Workforce Survey shows that a total of 86% of nurseries have lost staff this year and it is better qualified staff who are leaving. There are almost 20% fewer Level 3 qualified practitioners within the day nursery sector than there was in 2015. Of th…
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