…policies. 17% of sponsored academies used one or both criteria, compared with 5% of all comprehensives. Today’s research follows reports by the Trust last year which showed that the proportion…
Sir Peter Lampl: We don’t need no grandiose education
…Oxbridge than 2,000 state schools and colleges combined. While the gap in GCSE results between pupils from the poorest homes — those entitled to free school meals — and other…
Sound Foundations: Early childcare must be top quality
…current provision for two-year-olds is not yet fit for purpose. Offering less than high-quality places to young children whose parents are not in work addresses neither the child development nor…
Parliament and Policy: June 2014
…MP Alex Cunningham and Conservative children’s minister Liz Truss on child care. Click here to view the discussion. 18 June – The Education Select Committee report The Education Select Committee…
Early childcare must be top-quality
…addresses neither the child development nor child poverty aims. We have therefore recommended the government delay its planned expansion of free places for two-year-olds and focus on improving the quality…
Early years focus is right but it needs proper investment
…other.” This is because of the phenomenal growth in brain development and the huge opportunities to develop speech, communication and trigger positive and inquisitive play. Read the full article here….