- 1. Increase the number of high quality schools and introduce fair funding
- 2. Reform the school curriculum and qualifications
- 3. Reduce bureaucracy and improve accountability
- 4. Train and develop the professionals who work with children
- 5. Improve support for children in the Foundation Years
- 6. Improve support for children, young people and families, focusing on the most disadvantaged
Improve support for children in the Foundation Years by retaining a universal offer while also ensuring that services and opportunities reach those in greatest need
5.1 Retain a national network of Sure Start Children’s Centres with a core universal offer, while also ensuring that they deliver proven early intervention programmes to support families in the greatest need
| Title | Start date achieved | End date achieved | Status | Notes |
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5.1.i Implement Sure Start reform programme through streamlined and revised statutory guidance, and reformed inspection framework, based on new core purpose of children’s centres Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Mar 2013 |
Mar 2013 | Complete | ||
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5.1.ii Complete trials of payment by results approaches for children’s centres Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Mar 2014 |
In progress | |||
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5.1.iii Procure an Early Intervention Foundation to promote better use of evidence based programmes and approaches Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Sep 2012 |
Feb 2013 | Complete |
The contract for the Early Intervention Foundation was awarded on 5 February to the Early Intervention Foundation Consortium with 4Children, as the lead organisation, Achievement for All 3As and the Local Government Association. The new organisation will be chaired by Graham Allen MP. |
5.2 Ensure access to sufficient and high quality Foundation Years provision
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5.2.i Deliver free early education places to around 130,000 two year olds between September 2013 and April 2014 Scheduled start date: Sep 2013, Scheduled end date: Apr 2014 |
Yet to start | |||
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5.2.ii Increase the number of free early education places for two year olds to around 260,000between September 2014 and April 2015 Scheduled start date: Sep 2014, Scheduled end date: Apr 2015 |
Yet to start | |||
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5.2.iii Implement a new Foundation Stage framework that is less bureaucratic and more focused on improving young children’s learning and development Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Sep 2012 |
Sept 2012 | Complete | ||
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5.2.iv Introduce new guidance on free early education entitlement, including on flexibility for parents and on quality of provision Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Sep 2012 |
Sept 2012 | Complete |