Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 13/10/23.
News: Councils spending more on school run taxi fares for some pupils than the annual fees at Eton – Conservative Home
13 October 2023, Harry Phipps. Sometimes councils spend more on school transport for one child than the annual school fees for Eton:
News: Philip Morris lobbying to stop WHO ‘attack’ on vapes and similar products – Guardian Online
12 October 2023, Sarah Marsh. Leaked email shows firm behind Marlboro cigarettes critical of global ‘prohibitionist’ agenda:
Open consultation: Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping – Department of Health and Social Care
12 October 2023. A consultation on the proposed actions the UK Government and devolved administrations will take to tackle smoking and youth vaping. This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 6 December 2023:
Research briefing: The investigation of stillbirth – House of Commons Library
12 October 2023. This briefing paper deals with the way stillbirth is investigated at present and proposals for change:
Link: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8167/
News: Schools and NHS caterers ‘must stop’ antibiotic overuse – BBC News Online
12 October 2023, Malcolm Prior and Pallab Ghosh. Hospital and school caterers are not doing enough to stop farmers from overusing antibiotics in their animals, according to campaign groups:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67054663
Article: Sector welcomes Labour’s plans to carry out a major early years review – Nursery World
12 October 2023, Katy Morton. Labour’s plans for a major review of the early years have been overwhelmingly welcomed by the sector in the hope it will fix the current ‘broken childcare system’:
News: Drop in how many girls like PE, Youth Sport Trust study suggests – BBC News Online
12 October 2023, Marthe de Ferrer and Julia Bryson. The gap between the proportion of boys and girls in England who enjoy PE lessons is widening, a survey suggests:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-67063845
Article: Labour pledges toothbrushing scheme for three- to five-year-olds in schools – Nursery World
6 October 2023, Catherine Gaunt. Labour has pledged to bring in supervised toothbrushing in schools for three- to-five-year olds as part of a wider ‘rescue plan for NHS dentistry’, ahead of the party’s conference in Liverpool:
News: Teachers deride Starmer’s plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools – Guardian Online
5 October 2023, Denis Campbell and Richard Adams. Labour leader’s pledge for English primaries as part of a wider dental plan labelled ‘window dressing’ by union chief:
Article: Increasing minimum wage to £11ph would be the ‘final nail in the coffin’ for early years – Nursery World
2 October 2023, Katy Morton. The sector has warned that the Conservative party’s plans to increase the national living wage to £11 an hour will be a ‘recipe for disaster’ without more funding:
Article: Early years workforce must grow by 8 per cent to deliver the expansion of the 30 hours – Nursery World
29 September 2023, Katy Morton. The sector will need 27,500 staff to meet increased demand when the extended entitlement comes in, finds new research:
Article: Nursery closures increased by 50 per cent in a year – Nursery World
29 September 2023, Katy Morton. There were 50 per cent more nursery closures in the 2022-23 academic year, compared to the previous year, according to new research:
Link: https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/nursery-closures-increased-by-50-per-cent-in-a-year
Research briefing: Sexual harassment in schools – House of Commons Library
27 September 2023. Concerns have been raised about sexual harassment in English schools. This paper provides information on the requirements on schools, and discusses relevant recent developments:
Link: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8117/
Analysis: Early years spending update: Budget reforms and beyond – IFS
26 September 2023, Elaine Drayton and Christine Farquharson. The 2023 update analyses change in early years spending in the last 25 years and looks ahead to implications of major reforms announced in the Budget:
Link: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/early-years-spending-update-budget-reforms-and-beyond
News: British children shorter than other five-year-olds in Europe, study finds – ITV News
21 June 2023. British five-year-olds are up to 7cm shorter than children of the same age in Europe:
Link: https://www.itv.com/news/2023-06-21/british-children-shorter-than-other-five-year-olds-in-europe