Early Years Digest

30 July 2024

 

PRESS & MEDIA 

Rich-poor education gap grows for 16-year-olds in almost all of England - The Guardian

Scotland incorporates UN children's rights charter into law - BBC News

Disruptive children may have smaller brains rather than being naughty - The Telegraph [subscription required]

Children at risk of being 'forgotten generation' amid crippling NHS waits - The Daily Mirror

Bridget Phillipson to help lead child poverty taskforce - Schools Week

Stephen Morgan officially confirmed as early education minister - Nursery World Magazine 

 

FEATURE STORIES

Curriculum review launched: What schools need to know - Schools Week 

Curriculum and Assessment Review: Review Aims, Terms of Reference and Working Principles - Department for Education

Catherine McLeod: Is early years inclusion the key to fixing the SEND system? - Nursery World Magazine

One in four children start school still wearing nappies – but it's not the parents' fault - The Big Issue

Pre-school education shake-up needs grit… and sawdust - The Herald (Scotland)

Where’s the cash for child hunger? Labour is running out of time to find it - The Guardian

 

BLOGS, PODCASTS & MORE  

BLOG - The importance of supporting the home learning environment in the early years - Education Policy Institute
 
PODCAST: How to improve early years education for all (Gill Jones MBE, Jan Dubei & Lyn Challender) - Education Development Trust
 
VIDEO: Britain's child health crisis - BBC Panorama
 
 
 

RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT

 Social mobility and vulnerable learners annual report 2024 - Education Policy Institute
 

Forgotten generation: Shaping better services for children and young people - NHS Providers

Tablet use disrupts toddlers' joint attention and language development - News Medical 

3-Year-Olds Understand Intentions Through Active Mirror Neurons - Neuroscience News

 
 

EVENTS & COURSES

WEBINAR: School Readiness 2024-25 - 10 September. 7pm, online (free)

CONFERENCE: The childcare and early years conference by PACEY - 26 October, London (£32.50-£120)

TRAINING: How brains are built: Introducing the brain story - free, online video resource

 

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