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Early education

Definition of Early education
DefinitionIn this document the terms 'early years' and 'early education' refer to all pre-school and early primary settings. The term 'staff' is used to refer to all those working with young children including headteachers, heads of centres, teachers, early childhood practitioners, classroom assistants and support for learning assistants.

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