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# Early Years Digest

## 10 September 2024

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PRESS & MEDIA 

Impact of Covid lockdowns to disrupt England’s schools into the 2030s, report says - [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/sep/09/impact-of-covid-lockdowns-to-disrupt-englands-schools-into-the-2030s-report-says)

Teachers ‘should call out bad parenting’ that fuels ill-discipline - [The Times](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/teachers-should-call-out-bad-parenting-that-fuels-ill-discipline-zzb6pc6vt)\[*subscription required*\]

Extend school day by an hour to help ‘lost generation’ of Covid children - [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/02/extend-school-day-by-hour-to-help-covid-children/) \[*subscription required\]*

The UK is failing to get children ready for school – and time is running out - [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/school-readiness-uk-children-preschool-primary-education-b2606113.html) \[*subscription required*\]

Urgent campaign launched to attract young people to work in nurseries as demand soars - [ITV News](https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-09-04/urgent-campaign-hoped-to-attract-young-people-to-work-in-nurseries)

Revealed: 12-member panel to lead Labour curriculum review - [School's Week Magazine](https://schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-12-member-panel-to-lead-labour-curriculum-review/)

 

FEATURE STORIES

Bridget Phillipson on her plan for the quiet revolution of education - [TES Magazine](https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/bridget-phillipson-interview-quiet-revolution-education)

‘They’re about two years behind’: fears for children born during lockdown as they start at school - [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/01/fears-children-born-lockdown-start-school-covid)

Recruit & retain: How one Essex setting is bucking the trend by offering unique incentives - [Nursery World Magazine](https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/features/recruit-retain-how-one-essex-setting-is-bucking-the-trend-by-offering-unique-incentives?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1725281450)

 

BLOGS, PODCASTS & MORE

PODCAST: [Money Box Live: Cheaper Childcare?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022l4r) - BBC

 

BLOG: [Navigating childcare challenges – Hayley’s story](https://workingfamilies.org.uk/news-events/blogs/navigating-childcare-challenges-hayleys-story/) - Working Families

 

PODCAST: [Talking Early Years: In conversation with Professor Alison Clark](https://www.leyf.org.uk/news/talking-early-years-in-conversation-with-professor-alison-clark/) -  June O'Sullivan (LEYF)

 

 

RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Transforming child health services in England: a blueprint - [Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health](https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/transforming-child-health-services-england-blueprint)

 

Education at a Glance 2024 - [OECD](https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/education-at-a-glance-2024_c00cad36-en.html)

 

The Good Childhood Report - [The Children's Society](https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood)

 

 

EVENTS & COURSES

[A closer look at Labour’s plans for school-based nurseries](https://www.bigmarker.com/maexhibitions/A-closer-look-at-Labour-s-plans-for-school-based-nurseries?show_live_page=true) - Wednesday 25 September 12:15pm (online, Free)

 

 

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