The Rumbold Report (1990)
Starting with quality
The report of the Committee of Inquiry into the quality of the educational experience offered to 3 and 4 year olds, chaired by Mrs Angela Rumbold CBE MP
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1990
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.
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References
1. Department of Education and Science:
A Survey of the Quality of Education for Four Year Olds in Primary Classes
Report by HM Inspectors, 1989
2. Margaret M Clark:
Children under Five: Educational Research and Evidence
Gordon & Breach, London, 1988
3. Examples include:
The Education of Children Under Five
HMI Aspects of Primary Education series.
HMSO, London, 1989
Curriculum Matters 2: The Curriculum from 5 to 16
HMSO, London, 1985
The Teaching and Learning of History and Geography
HMI Aspects of Primary Education series. HMSO, London, 1989
The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
HMI Aspects of Primary Education series. HMSO, London, 1989
The Teaching and Learning of Science
HMI Aspects of Primary Education series. HMSO, London, 1989
4. House of Commons Education, Science and Arts Committee:
Educational Provision for the Under Fives
HMSO, London, 1989
5. Report of the Committee of Enquiry into Special Educational Needs (Warnock Committee)
HMSO, London, 1978
6. Section 1(2), Education Reform Act 1988
HMSO, London
7. Curriculum Matters 2: The Curriculum from 5 to 16
HMSO, London, 1985
8. The Education of Children Under Five
HMI Aspects of Primary Education series. HMSO, London, 1989
9. The Early Years Curriculum Group:
Early Childhood Education
Trentham Books, Stoke-on- Trent, 1989
10. G Pugh and E De'Ath:
Working Towards Partnership in the Early Years
National Children's Bureau, 1989
11. Audrey Curtis:
Curriculum for the Pre-School Child
NFER, 1986
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12. National Curriculum Council:
A Framework for the Primary Curriculum
1989
13. PPA Guidelines:
Good Practice for Full Daycare Playgroups and Good Practice for Sessional Playgroups
Pre-School Playgroups Association, 1989
14. Department of Education and Science:
Combined Provision for the Under Fives: The Contribution of Education
Report by HM Inspectors, 1989
15. E Ferri et al:
Combined Nursery Centres
Macmillan, 1981
16. National Children's Bureau: Under Fives Unit:
Young Children in Group Day Care; Draft Guidelines of Good Practice 1990
17. House of Commons Education, Science and Arts Committee:
Achievement in Primary Schools
18. National Curriculum Task Group on Assessment and Testing: A Report
HMSO, London, 1988
19. Denise Hevey:
The Continuing Under Fives Muddle! - survey for the Voluntary Organisations Liaison Council for Under Fives
1986
20. House of Commons Education, Science and Arts Committee:
First Special Report - Educational Provision for the Under Fives
Observations by the government and Local Authority Associations
21. DES Circular 3/84:
Initial Teacher Training: Approval of Courses
DES, London, 1984
22. DES Circular 24/89:
Initial Teacher Training: Approval of Courses
DES, London, 1989
23. House of Commons Education, Science and Arts Committee:
Final Report - Educational Provision for the Under Fives
Vol II, Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
24. Bob Dunn MP to the House of Commons during a debate on the Education Reform Act:
House of Commons Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 22 March 1988, Column 281
25. The Effects of Early Education
A report from the Child Health and Education Study.
Osborn and Milbank, 1987
26. G Pugh:
Services for Under fives: Developing a coordinated Approach
National Children's Bureau, 1989
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