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Foundation phase teaching 'inconsistent,' reports find

A series of reports have highlighted 'considerable variation' in how nurseries and schools are teaching three-to-seven-year-olds. They say the Foundation Phase programme is broadly having a positive impact on children and their learning.

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Foundation Phase 'effective but inconsistent'

There are real inconsistencies in how our children are being taught in the first few years of school - according to a series of reports published today.

The Welsh Government's flagship Foundation Phase programme is about learning through play. And the Welsh research group WISERD says that where schools are doing it properly, pupils are feeling the benefits - as Tom Sheldrick reports.

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