?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+re%2Fconstructed+role+of+nursery+schools+as+local+community+hubs+in+the+current+context+of+austerity&rft.creator=Hoskins%2C+K&rft.creator=Bradbury%2C+A&rft.creator=Fogarty%2C+L&rft.description=This+Occasional+Paper+examines+the+re%2Fconstructed+role+of%0D%0Anursery+schools+in+their+local+communities+over+the+past%0D%0Adecade.+Our+research+explored+the+unique%2C+social+justice%0D%0Acontribution+that+Nursery+Schools+make+to+the+early+years%0D%0Asector%2C+in+terms+of+educating+children+and+supporting+families%0D%0Afrom+disadvantaged+backgrounds.+We+define+socioeconomically+disadvantaged+families+in+our+work+as+those%0D%0Awhose+parents+are+in+receipt+of+state-provided+benefits%2C%0D%0Areferred+to+hereafter+as+disadvantaged.+The+project+focuses%0D%0Aon+Nursery+Schools%E2%80%99+roles+in+reducing+the+disadvantage+gap%2C%0D%0Athrough+an+examination+of+how+staff+in+these+schools+see+their%0D%0Aown+practice+as+improving+disadvantaged+children%E2%80%99s%0D%0Aoutcomes.+Th+research+highlights+some+of+the+policy+related%0D%0Acontext+for+this+work%2C+which+may+hinder+practitioners+in+this%0D%0Aaim.%0D%0AOur+research+confirmed+that+the+role+of+the+nursery+school%0D%0Ain+supporting+all+children%2C+but+particularly+those+from+socioeconomically+disadvantaged+families%2C+has+expanded%0D%0Aconsiderably+in+the+past+decade+as+a+direct+consequence+of%0D%0Aausterity+policies.&rft.publisher=Association+for+Professional+Development+in+Early+Years+(TACTYC)&rft.date=2020-04&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(TACTYC+Occasional+Paper++15).+Association+for+Professional+Development+in+Early+Years+(TACTYC)%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2020)+++++&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10115942%2F