Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said:
“Labour’s plans to introduce breakfast clubs for every primary school in England will make a real difference to parents with school-aged children trying to balance their careers and their childcare needs, as well as ensuring that no children start the school day hungry, and so we warmly welcome this proposal.
Commenting, Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said:
“We welcome the appointment of Kelly Tolhurst as the new schools and childhood minister, and look forward to working with her in her new role.
"We hope that the fact that early years now sits within the remit of a minister of state, rather than a parliamentary under-secretary, signifies a growing recognition...
If your child is currently in year 6 at primary school, you'll need to start thinking now about applying for a place for them to attend their preferred secondary school, to start in September 2023.
Applications must be made before Monday 31 October 2022 and parents and guardians will be contacted with the result to their application on national offer day, 1 March 2023.
Families will receive targeted support to improve school attendance with new advice and innovative interventions for schools this term.
Schools are being advised to work in partnership with councils and consider targeted family support or home visits where there are barriers to attending school.
This is part of a package of new and innovative measures to ensure that more children are...
Schoolchildren around the world are learning a new way to calculate sums thanks to Supermaths
Supermaths is an online tuition programme that teaches kids an alternative and highly effective approach to arithmetic. Run by the British Youth International College (BYITC) since 2015, the course has now welcomed its 1,000th student.
Nuance Hearing , a leading provider of focused listening technology, has launched the Voice Selector Study, a new technological solution to help young people concentrate in noisy and distraction-filled classroom environments.
The device creates a better learning environment for young people, helping them to listen to the teacher and follow instructions, while tuning out other...
Schools without a defibrillator to be provided one by government by the end of 22/23 academic year, building on curriculum teaching first aid and CPR
State-funded schools across England will receive defibrillators under new government plans to make sure there is a device in every school, boosting their numbers in communities across the country.
Leading membership organisation the Early Years Alliance has today launched a new campaign to recognise those working in the early years as educational professionals.
The #WeAreEducators campaign aims to help those working in the early years sector highlight to parents, local communities and policymakers the unique importance of the early years and the role the early years workforce...
Will look at how government supports growth of trust sector, helping trusts improve schools
The Department for Education has today, Wednesday 29 June, launched a review of how it works with academy trusts, helping make sure the children in schools within trusts get the right support to fulfil their potential.
The review will look at the standards trusts are held to, and the...
