MEDIA COVERAGE

One year ago today the Give Them Time campaign was officially launched. We’ve made progress but this article about us in the Ferret today highlights the persisting inequities and that our battle continues. #thrivenotcope #givethemtime

Wishart Calls on Scottish Government to Reimburse Childcare Costs

6 November 2019

Shetland Islands MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat’s Education Spokesperson, Beatrice Wishart, says “Parents know what is right for their child. Acting on that should not come with a bill.”

Common Space: Are Scotland’s children given enough time to learn at their own pace?

2 October 2019

Following the Scottish Government’s announcement to bring forward legislation to ensure all children deferring their school start are automatically entitled to an additional year of nursery funding, the campaign is featured in an article with Common Space focusing on deferral.

Reform Scotland: The Give Them Time Campaign’s Year In Review

27 June 2019

In an blog for Reform Scotland the campaign’s spokesperson Patricia Anderson reflects on the progress that has been made over the last year.

Scotsman: Government accused of failing to close free childcare loophole

22 May 2019

Scottish Labour’s education spokesperson Iain Gray referenced the campaign whilst questioning the Scottish Government about the disparities in access to funding for parents choosing to defer their children.

Mr Gray highlighted the “national policy contradiction” between parents’s legal right to defer their children and also their entitlement to funded childcare for three and four-year-old children.

TES: Let parents decide when a child starts school

29 April 2019

Give Them Time’s Patricia Anderson argues that all parents should have the freedom to defer their four-year-old’s school start in this article.

BBC News: Calls for equal nursery funding after deferred school entry

2 April 2019

Ahead of an upcoming Scottish Parliament debate regarding deferral funding, the campaign was featured in this article on the BBC News website.

The Nine: BBC Scotland

2 April 2019

The campaign was featured on BBC Scotland’s news and current affairs programme The Nine at around 33 minutes in.

Sceptical Scot: Tale of Two Cities (and a large town)

4 March 2019

This article compares the differences in application processes for discretionary deferral funding and average approval rates between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

STV News

22 February 2019

The campaign was featured on STV News following a motion being lodged in the Scottish Parliament in support of its aims. You can watch the footage here.

East Lothian Council website: P1 Deferrals to be Funded

The Ferret: Parents can still face thousands in nursery fees when deferring school for four-year-olds

Stirling Observer: Parents’ delight at extra nursery cash Stirling Council to be included in pilot

The Courier: Extra funded nursery year for under 5s in Fife who are officially the age for primary

The Courier: ‘I didn’t think she was ready at four’: Increase in kids deferred from starting school across Tayside and Fife

Daily Record: Balfron mother blasts Stirling Council

Daily Record: Parents’ campaign group slam Stirling Council’s handling of deferred nursery places

Parenting Across Scotland: Still campaigning: fair funding for all

BBC Scotland Channel: The Nine

BBC One Scotland: Reporting Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland: Drivetime with John Beattie

BBC Radio Scotland: Lunchtime Live

BBC Radio Scotland: Mornings with Isla Traquair

BBC Radio Scotland: Good Morning Scotland Interview

STV Scotland Tonight: ‘Don’t make children start school when they’re not ready‘ (full version)

‘Don’t make children start school when they’re not ready’ (shorter version)

Children in Scotland Magazine: Quality time (pages 12-13)

Edinburgh Live: All Edinburgh youngsters deferring p1 start to be funded for extra nursery year

The Scotsman: Parents group back plans to defer Edinburgh P1s starting for another year

Edinburgh Evening News: Greens call for P1 starts to defer and full nursery funding across Edinburgh

Aberdeen Evening Express: Aberdeenshire mum battling council over P1 deferral for premature son

The Courier: Delaying school start date may be made easier for Fife four-year-olds after nursery disruption

The Courier: Nursery funding to delay school start will be ‘too late’ for many children

Scottish Liberal Democrats: Wishart supports parents threatened by £4,500 price tag over school start deferral

The Herald: Funding plea amid concern children ‘forced’ to start P1 aged just 4

Scottish Liberal Democrats: Government must immediately fund childcare deferrals, not wait until 2023

Dundee Evening Telegraph: P1 deferred entry: When do parents choose to delay their child’s school start?

My Society: A Change in the Law for School Starters in Scotland – through FoI

STV: Children Delayed Starting School to Receive Free Childcare

TES: Children Who Defer School Start Will Get Free Care

STV News

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