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Lessons in early years policy

…represents a major increase in the state’s commitment to childcare support, it may make it harder to improve social mobility through such early interventions. The government is trying to introduce…

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Childcare plan won’t help social mobility

…for all children under three. It found that, to deliver high quality pedagogy, practitioners need to be skilled and knowledgeable and to work within environments which support them in their…

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Poorer pupils get less homework help

…from a random sample of schools, and self-completion questionnaires were completed at school between 6th February and 17th May 2017. Data are weighted by school year, sex and region to…

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Pathways alum wins mentor of the year

…mentor who has delivered exceptional mentoring support, shown great commitment and dedication and has ‘gone the extra mile’. Joel was up against 43 other nominees. “Joel went beyond his role…

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Science specialists

…scientists in the world. Maybe one will even come back and replace me when I get too old for this!” But it seems my old science teacher is the exception…