…year funding for an early years language programme. However, no further details have been announced. Why focus on coaching-based CPD? Several large-scale communication and language programmes are now being evaluated….
Access to early years settings ahead of the general election
…for all children. Improving access to early years education must be a clear priority given that since the COVID-19 pandemic, the early years attainment gap between the most and least…
Higher Ambitions
…public – new polling for Sutton Trust/Pearson Summit https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/higher-apprenticeships-better-jobs-university-degrees-say-public-new-polling-sutton-trustpearson-summit/ Building an apprenticeships consensus https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/building-apprenticeships-consensus/ 1 Key Findings 1 blue-dark 1 34% of adults in England aged 16-75 say a degree-level…
National study to track the pandemic’s effect on year 11 students’ life chances
…such as lack of access to computers and internet for online learning, gaps in confidence, and less parental support. Young people, commenting on their experience, said: Elif, Year 11, London:…
The budget’s early years reforms risk entrenching pre-school inequality
…We wouldn’t give better off families longer hours in school, so why are we doing exactly that in the early years? In 2019, a House of Commons Education Committee report…
Cultural capital in the core curriculum
…knowledge and awareness is an important part of success in later life and engaging with the networks where power resides. When I worked with David Blunkett during an earlier National…