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  • 17th December 2024

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News & Views

Stigma, safeguarding and social change: toilet training in early years

September 15, 2024

Julian Grenier writes in TES Magazine on the issue of School Readiness, sharing insights from Kindred Squared annual School Readiness Report. “As well as offering more support, we need to shift attitudes around when toilet training should start so that…

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Nurseries need funding more than universities

September 11, 2024

Felicity Gillespie, Director, Kindred Squared responds to the latest OECD Education at a Glance data for 2024 in The Spectator: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/nurseries-have-been-underfunded-for-too-long “There is a case for shifting the focus of funding from the end of the education pipeline to the beginning. Despite…

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Early Years charity Kindred Squared partners with Sainsbury’s to put parenting advice on nappies

August 16, 2024

Kindred Squared, the early years charity, has launched a new collaboration with Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s leading supermarkets, to put parenting tips on nappy packaging.  Website details on packs of nappies links to a dedicated Kindred2 web page with…

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One in three adults willing to pay £5 GP fee to fund early childhood services

July 12, 2024

Nearly a third of adults would be willing to pay £5 to see their GP if the additional revenue was directed towards early years health and development programs for under-fives. Kindred Squared ran a snapshot poll of 2,500 adults in England…

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