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Professor Cathy Nutbrown deliver the final report in her review of early-years education.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Children's Minister Tim Loughton has today written to The Times on shared parenting.
Nick Clegg announces a shake-up in the way free early education is delivered.
Children's Minister Sarah Teather talks about getting parents involved in early education services.
Announcement about new support to help families, including parenting classes and relationship support.
Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN for 30 years.
Details of new measures to protect children from commercialisation and sexualisation in society.
Sarah Teather, Children's Minister, addresses the Daycare Trust.
The Prime Minister welcomes progress on tackling commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood but says more must be done
News about a trial of parenting classes starting in April in three areas of the country.
Sarah Teather MP on the new, simpler and clearer early years foundation stage framework.
An announcement on the new EYFS framework to support children's learning and development. The early learning goals are reduced from 69 to 17.
Professor Cathy Nutbrown publishes an interim report which explores how to help people working in the early years to improve their skills, knowledge and development.
Local authorities will be paid according to the prevalence of breastfeeding and the take up of free nursery care, under a new scheme being trialled by the Coalition Government.
New fund launched to help disadvantaged children make the transition into secondary school.
The Children's Minister on meeting targets in the Child Poverty Act.
The Henley Review of Cultural Education and the government's response.
Schools will now be able to take on the takeaways with special meal deals to boost uptake of school lunches and tackle obesity.
Children’s Minister Sarah Teather confirms plans for a reformed Early Years Foundation Stage.
The results of more than 16,000 schools’ key stage 2 tests – taken by 11-year-olds this May – were published today.
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