Sentences with phrase «quality early years provision»

There is mounting evidence that high quality early years provision can have lasting positive effects, not only on the children who participate but on society overall.

Although the recognition of the importance of the Reception year is positive there is a real danger that high quality Early Years provision might be undermined by this report.

«The overwhelming evidence shows high - quality early years provision gives benefits that last throughout a child's life.»

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

The consultation document starts by rightly acknowledging the need for quality early years provision.

Not exact matches

Open Europe, a Brussels - based think tank, estimates that through government bond purchases and liquidity provisions to banks, the ECB's exposure to Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain has reached 705 billion euros, up from 444 billion euros in early summer - a 50 percent increase in six months (their note was published prior to the December 21 three - year LTRO, which likely further boosted lower quality collateral).

Earlier this year, Paul Joyce, deputy director of FE and Skills at Ofsted raised concernsthat the area review process is «taking the focus off the day job», putting quality of provision at risk.

Available on the online resource portal, SEND Gateway, the resources are aimed at securing the highest quality practice and provision for children with SEND in the early years sector.

We call on the DfE to recognise the importance of Early Years» representation on school senior leadership teams and governing boards, as well as bringing a stronger focus on Early Years pedagogy to initial teacher training in order to protect, strengthen and improve the quality of Early Years provision in schools.»

While support for early years provision is to be welcomed, given how much of the disadvantage gap opens between 0 - 5 years, there remains insufficient evidence to say whether school - based early years provision offers better quality of outcomes than other types of nurseries.

Commenting on the report, councillor David Simmonds of the Local Government Association, said: «Many early years providers, including nurseries, childminders, and school - based settings, opt to work with their local councils, and mums and dads are seeing the results with more high quality provision becoming available.

Announced earlier in the year, the joint inspections are designed to uncover the quality of provision across the country, They will cover schools as well as other services, such as hospitals and the police.

There is an important wider question about the relationship between these changes and provision in the early years and Further Education sector, both in terms of ensuring the continued parity between QTS and QTLS, and in terms of ensuring that high - quality professional development and mentoring provision is available to teachers working in all different settings.

And earlier this year, the Obama administration abandoned a provision in its landmark student - loan reform legislation that would have created comprehensive state systems to improve the quality of child care and early education for children from birth through age 5.

The union hopes this will «protect, strengthen and improve» the quality of early - years provision in schools, and encourage governing boards and senior staff to «value and recognise» teachers and leaders.