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# Early Years Digest

## 29 July 2025

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PRESS & MEDIA 

Bridget Phillipson wants all teachers in mainstream schools to be SEND trained- [The Daily Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bridget-phillipson-wants-teachers-mainstream-35554917)

Parents told to pick up book in ‘kickstart to children’s reading revolution’- [The Times](https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/parents-told-to-pick-up-book-in-kickstart-to-childrens-reading-revolution-rwspl7jr7) \[*subscription required*\]

Plans for professional early years register backed by sector and parents as a way to give educators the 'recognition they deserve'- [Nursery World Magazine](https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/plans-for-professional-early-years-register-backed-by-sector-and-parents-as-a-way-to-give-educators-the-recognition-they-deserve)

How new rules could tackle ‘compulsive’ phone use in children - [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/children-tiktok-snapchat-limits-government-b2794474.html)

 

FEATURE STORIES

How to help students with SEND settle in September - [TES Magazine](https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/secondary/how-help-students-send-settle-secondary-school)

 

Children raised by strict parents do better at school, but is that you? Take our quiz to find out - [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/17/children-brought-up-by-strict-parents-do-better-at-school/)\[*subscription required*\]

 

 

BLOGS, PODCASTS & MORE

Letter from Secretary of State for Education: "A year of achieving and thriving across education" - [Department for Education](https://news.service.education.gov.uk/0767A322D8B1E8725B61CEDB6ECFFD35219AFD5580ACA96E4F322BD3B8B2811D/69CA177B0B10DF66291FFE502223B915/VIB)

PODCAST: Get your teeth into this – Paediatric dental health - [The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)](https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk/home/podcasts/the-paeds-round-from-rcpch-and-odland/)

<https://ifs.org.uk/articles/schools-bill-whats-changing-and-why>

RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Nursery workers more likely to use AI - [Nursery Management Today](https://nmt-magazine.co.uk/nursery-workers-more-likely-to-use-ai/)

 

Artificial advantage: AI in the classroom and the inequality gap - [The Sutton Trust](https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/artificial-advantage/)

 

 

EVENTS & RESOURCES

[Nursery World Conference - Best Beginnings: The power of early years to equip children for school](https://earlyyearstoschool.com/live/en/page/register-now)

Tuesday 4 November, London (Tickets from £299)

 

**JOBS**

[Communications and Impact Manager](https://ascel.org.uk/CommunicationsAndImpactManager) - The Association of Senior Children's and Education Librarians. ASCEL (remote)

 

[Peer Supporter](https://www.cloudonlinerecruitment.co.uk/nct/Vacancy.aspx?MenuID=6Dqy3cKIDOg=) - NCT (home-based, Lancashire)

 

[Finance Operations Officer](https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/finance-operations-officer-6979-farringdon-london-home-based/7005/description/?_channelid=6)- Save the Children (London)

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