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Grants provide teachers for voluntary settings

The provision of grants to place qualified teachers in early years settings in the Welsh voluntary sector was announced last week by education minister Jane Davidson. As part of the Welsh Foundation Phase pilot, 2.5m will be given to local authorities in Wales from April for Foundation Phase Setting Support Teachers. All LEA-funded non-maintained settings will receive at least 10 per cent of a qualified teacher's time, equivalent to one half-day every week.

As part of the Welsh Foundation Phase pilot, 2.5m will be given to local authorities in Wales from April for Foundation Phase Setting Support Teachers. All LEA-funded non-maintained settings will receive at least 10 per cent of a qualified teacher's time, equivalent to one half-day every week.

Ms Davidson said, 'In building the Foundation Phase Action Plan, I promised that we would invest more funds to ensure that all funded non-maintained settings would receive a minimum of 10 per cent teacher time.

'There is clear and unequivocal evidence from our evaluation of the Foundation Phase pilot that more input and support from teachers has a positive and significant effect on standards. I am sure that by providing for at least half a day a week, we will very quickly reap the benefits and see standards and quality rise.'

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