Extract from Lords debate on Children and Families: Early Years Interventions - Feb 27

“The Government should move towards giving early years teachers qualified teacher status, with the increase in pay, conditions and status”

to match. I think we can all agree that there can be no more important job than taking care of our youngest children, particularly helping those children who need extra support to reach standard landmarks. I will, very shortly, be joining the National Education Union outside, which is concerned about the funding for post-16 education. We have a problem of how we prioritise education right across the board in our country...

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