1. SMF make the case for universal financial education A new report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) explores how financial education can be delivered more effectively. There is, the report’s authors argue, an acute need for better financial education in the UK: Britain has one of the lowest rates of financial literacy compared to…
CfEY’s Head of Policy, Baz Ramaiah, joined Nihal Arthanayake on BBC 5Live to discuss new research highlighting the large percentage of young people who are permanently excluded from primary school who go on to achieve no GCSE qualifications. Baz made the case that funding and resourcing challenges for schools make permanent exclusion more likely and…
1. New IFS study on the impact of Sure Start finds large benefits A new study of the short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start has found huge benefits associated with the programme. As the early years policy landscape shifts again towards integrated and holistic early years support, renewed interest has been placed on the…
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