Report on STEM in early years education

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- Summary of recommendations
- Introduction
- Teacher and early years practitioner confidence
  - Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
  - Early years practitioners
  - Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  - Knowledge sharing opportunities
- Collaboration between schools - working in clusters
- STEM's place in the curriculum
- Quality of internet connectivity in schools
- Deprivation
  - Science Centres and Festivals
- Remote and rural areas
- Gender
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