TY  - GEN
A1  - Hoskins, K
A1  - Bradbury, A
A1  - Fogarty, L
PB  - Association for Professional Development in Early Years (TACTYC)
Y1  - 2020/04//
CY  - London, UK
T3  - TACTYC Occasional Paper
N2  - This Occasional Paper examines the re/constructed role of
nursery schools in their local communities over the past
decade. Our research explored the unique, social justice
contribution that Nursery Schools make to the early years
sector, in terms of educating children and supporting families
from disadvantaged backgrounds. We define socioeconomically disadvantaged families in our work as those
whose parents are in receipt of state-provided benefits,
referred to hereafter as disadvantaged. The project focuses
on Nursery Schools? roles in reducing the disadvantage gap,
through an examination of how staff in these schools see their
own practice as improving disadvantaged children?s
outcomes. Th research highlights some of the policy related
context for this work, which may hinder practitioners in this
aim.
Our research confirmed that the role of the nursery school
in supporting all children, but particularly those from socioeconomically disadvantaged families, has expanded
considerably in the past decade as a direct consequence of
austerity policies.
EP  - 4
AV  - restricted
ID  - discovery10115942
N1  - This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
TI  - The re/constructed role of nursery schools as local community hubs in the current context of austerity
UR  - https://tactyc.org.uk/occasional-papers/
ER  -