Category Archives: THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Assessment and testing in early childhood? No thanks!
This is a guest post by campaigner Dr. Richard House; he lectures in Early Childhood at the University of Winchester and is a founder member of Open EYE, Early Childhood Action and the Save Childhood Movement. Dr. House is an avid supporter of our summer … Continue reading
New Q and A’s on summer born children from the DfE
Below is an extract of the Q&As contained within Advice on the admission of summer born children, a new publication this week from the Department of Education for local authorities, school admission authorities and parents. Key points School admission authorities are … Continue reading
DfE publishes new advice on the admission of summer born children
The Department for Education has today published new advice for local authorities, school admission authorities and parents of summer born children. The document Advice on the admission of summer born children can be downloaded on the DfE website page, which also provides a summary of … Continue reading
New government proposal: Formal Testing at age 4
There are many individual reasons why some parents want to wait until their child reaches compulsory school age (i.e. the term following their 5th birthday) before starting school, but news of the latest government proposal — formal testing for all children within weeks … Continue reading
School Myths and Facts – published by the government
Last Monday, April 8, 2013, a poster on Mumsnet provided this link to a government publication, and wrote that the following text was copied from page 6: “Myth: Where the parent of a summer born child wishes to defer their … Continue reading
Is it all about the (EYE) money, money, money?
The Early Years Single Funding Formula (EYSFF) reforms mean that all local authorities must provide funding for free nursery education for 3 and 4 year olds. As of September 1, 2012, local authorities must secure availability of 15 hours per week for all eligible children, over … Continue reading
When and Why did ‘School start'” become synonymous with ‘Year 1’ start?
Monopoly Chance card: “Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Essentially, summer born children whose parents want them to start school at compulsory school age* are given a similar message: “Go directly to Year 1. … Continue reading
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