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Crisis in early years education as attainment gap widens, report warns
WALES, JUL 15 – The Education Policy Institute reports the early years attainment gap in Wales has widened since 2019, with children with special educational needs falling nearly 20 months behind peers.
- This past week, the EPI highlighted that the 2024 assessment year shows the attainment gap has widened since the 2019 pre-pandemic baseline, according to the Education Policy Institute .
- The EPI found disadvantaged five-year-olds fell further behind affluent peers since the pandemic, with SEND gap reaching 19.9 months, according to the Education Policy Institute.
- With wages up 37%, costs have surged, Lisa Owen, nursery owner, says the £6.40-an-hour rate does not cover childcare costs.
- On July 14, the petitions committee, Dawn Bowden, minister for children and social care, said the Welsh Government will invest over £150m in childcare for 2025/26.
- Under the Best Start in Life strategy, a Department for Education spokesperson said up to 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs will be operational by 2028, supporting families and children with SEND.
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Workforce shortages driving NC child care crisis, report warns
RALEIGH — A new report from the Governor’s Office details North Carolina’s worsening child care crisis and makes recommendations to increase access to affordable, high-quality early childhood education.
Crisis in early years education as attainment gap widens, report warns
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