Early years education
Evaluation Strategy for the Attainment Scotland Fund 2022-2026
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
use education to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty with a focus on tackling the poverty-related attainment gap to deliver on the Scottish Government’s vision of equity and excellence in education
The School Starting Age
Author / Creator: James McEnaney
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
Changes to the school starting age now part of the mainstream conversation around Scottish schooling
Why We Need a Kindergarten Stage
Author / Creator: Sue Palmer
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2022
The case for kindergarden and a 6 year old start to formal schooling in Scotland.
Play is the Way: Child development, early years and the future of Scottish education
Author / Creator: Sue Palme
Media type: Book
Date published: 2021
A timely book on early years and education in Scotland, filled with a passion for change and wanting the best for our children. It contains numerous suggestions for how to close the ‘attainment gap’ and give those children currently failed by our education system a better chance in early life.
Caring about Children
Author / Creator: Marion Macleod
Media type: Podcast
Date published:
Child and early years care in Scotland is a patchwork. Tthe latest Programme for Government perpetuates that. Things could be greatly improved by a strategic and holistic plan for care sitting within a National Care Service.
An Equal Start: A plan for equality in early learning and care in Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: January 2016
This report is a plan for delivering change through a National Childcare Service in public provision, as a replacement for the fragmented, haphazard and unequal nature of the childcare sector at present. The report provides a comprehensive, costed strategy for achieving this transformation.