"Rising needs in the early years?" - Trends, implications and solutions
"Rising needs in the early years?" - Trends, implications and solutions

During our work over the past few years, we kept being told about “rising needs in the early years”. Our research project, commissioned by the Local Government Association, has explored what early years practitioners think is changing when they describe this phenomena, what might be driving these changes, how well the current system is set up to respond to rising needs, and what national policy changes are needed to equip the system to do so.

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Ben Bryant
Making attendance everyone’s business: What can we learn from local authorities about addressing school attendance
Making attendance everyone’s business: What can we learn from local authorities about addressing school attendance

Over the past two years, we have been exploring with a small group of local authorities the barriers, opportunities and good practice in relation to addressing school attendance challenges. It is a national priority and an area where local practice is evolving at pace. We are keen to hear from and support LAs, Combined Authorities and local partnerships on how they are addressing their own attendance challenges. Please do get in touch (adam.lewis@isospartnership.com) if would like to talk to us about how we can help.

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Adam Lewis