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Jan Dubiel
All articles by Jan Dubiel
‘We do need an informed debate on a child’s experience in Reception: Ofsted was right, the discussion must be bold’
The recommendations from Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report should in no way alter or dilute effective Reception pedagogy, writes one Early Excellence leader
15 February 2018
Early years staff must tell ministers: we need a practitioner-led observational model of assessment
There appears to be a window of opportunity at the Department for Education to make politicians see sense about primary assessment, writes a leading educationist
1 November 2016
‘Wellbeing and good mental health should be seen as equally as important as academic success’
One early years educationalist discusses how government policies towards early years are brewing up a pandemic of mental health issues
12 May 2016
‘If we have no official accountability in early years, is the implication that what happens there doesn’t matter?’
One early years educationist ponders what happens after the decision to scrap mandatory baseline testing
11 April 2016
Four (uncomfortable) truths about the new primary baseline test - from inside the eye of the storm
7 October 2015