2016 press releases

21 December 2016:

• Alliance expresses concern as government abandons life chances strategy

19 December 2016:

• Alliance publishes new free guide to early years changes

8 December 2016:

• Alliance concerned as Sure Start centre closures surge

6 December 2016:

• Alliance voices concern after government confirms no plan to review early years funding

1 December 2016:

• Alliance responds to Ofsted annual report
• Alliance comments on government response to early years funding consultation

23 November 2016:

• Alliance criticises lack of action on childcare in Autumn Statement

21 November 2016:

• Alliance supports call for early years inquiry

• Alliance calls for action on early years funding ahead of the Autumn Statement

17 November 2016:

• Alliance responds to Family and Childcare Trust report on early years quality

16 November 2016:

• Alliance comments on Ofcom toddler screen time study findings

10 November 2016:

• ICO rules against DfE in childcare cost data FOI case

7 November 2016:

• Alliance voices concern over unpublished government ‘cost of childcare’ report

5 November 2016:

• Alliance responds to early years qualification consultation announcement

• Alliance comments on government response to free entitlement delivery consultation

4 November 2016:

• Alliance comments on DfE plans to publish 30-hour pilot evaluation

1 November 2016:

• Alliance comments on Save the Children's 'Untapped Potential' report

20 October 2016:

• Alliance welcomes EYFS Profile results

19 October 2016:

• Alliance comments on primary assessment announcement

29 September 2016:

• Alliance launches early years funding campaign

27 September 2016:

• Alliance comments on Labour's early years taskforce

26 September 2016

• Alliance voices concerns on EYFS Framework delays

23 September 2016:

• Alliance comments on primary assessment inquiry

21 September 2016:

• Government must ‘come clean’ about 30 hours failings, says Pre-school Learning Alliance

9 September 2016:

• Alliance creates interactive funding calculator for early years providers

6 September 2016:

• Alliance comments on Joseph Rowntree Foundation poverty report

30 August 2016:

• Alliance comments on rise in childcare provider closures

26 August 2016:

• Alliance comments on 30-hour free childcare concerns

25 August 2016:

• Alliance comments on counter-terrorism strategy report
• Alliance comments on Mencap childcare survey

23 August 2016:

• Alliance comments on Ofsted chair's resignation

18 August 2016:

• Alliance comments on childhood obesity strategy

15 August 2016:

• Alliance comments on first childminder agency inspection report

11 August 2016:

• Alliance comments on planned early years funding changes
• Alliance responds to Early Years Foundation Stage Profile announcement

28 July 2016:

• Alliance expresses disappointment that the government is yet to appoint a new childcare minister

21 July 2016:

• Alliance comments on funding formula delay
• Alliance raises concerns over 30-hour capital funding process
• Alliance publishes indispensible CIF Summary Record

20 July 2016:

• Alliance responds to Joseph Rowntree Foundation research on childcare costs

18 July 2016:

• Alliance comments on Save the Children's report on the gender attainment gap in the early years

14 July 2016:

• Alliance welcomes appointment of Justine Greening as new education secretary
• Alliance comments on 'Innovation in childcare' report
• Alliance comments on Ofsted report on disadvantage

1 July 2016:

• Alliance welcomes review of GCSE requirements for Level 3 practitioners

30 June 2016:

• Alliance comments on DfE's childcare and early years provision statistics 

29 June 2016:

• Alliance comments on Pat Glass’s resignation 

28 June 2016:

• Alliance comments on Ofsted early years statistics 

27 June 2016:

• Alliance comments on likely impact of Brexit on early years sector
• Alliance welcomes Pat Glass appointment

15 June 2016:

• Alliance responds to Public Accounts Committee warnings on 30 hour childcare offer

13 June 2016:

• Pre-school Learning Alliance CEO Neil Leitch's keynote speech from 2016 conference
• Alliance announces Volunteer Awards 2016 winners

27 May 2016:

• Alliance comments on York 'free childcare' trial funding changes

26 May 2016:

• Alliance comments on CentreForum '30-hour free childcare' report

18 May 2016

• Alliance raises childminder portrayal complaint to BBC

16 May 2016

• Alliance expresses concern over 30-hours funding rates

6 May 2016

• Alliance comments on new childcare disqualification proposals

4 May 2016

• Alliance comments on York provider withdrawals from 30 hour pilots

25 April 2016

• Parents demand government U-turn to avert childcare recruitment “catastrophe”

20 April 2016

• Childcare providers fear closure over 30 hour offer, survey reveals 

8 April 2016

• New Alliance book on behaviour takes child-centred approach

7 April 2016

• Alliance welcomes reception baseline assessment u-turn

4 April 2016

• Alliance comments on government consultation on 30-hour funded childcare delivery

30 March 2016

• Alliance responds to Save the Children & UCL report on toddler brain development

24 March 2016

• Alliance comments on latest Ofsted early years statistics

21 March 2016

• Alliance voices concerns over DfE 30-hour funding analysis following FoI response

18 March 2016:

• Alliance comments on ‘Provision for Learning Outdoors for Under 5s’ report

4 March 2016: 

• Alliance comments on Department for Education: Childcare and early years survey of parents

2 March 2016: 

• Alliance comments on National Audit Office report on the free early years entitlement

2 March 2016: 

• Alliance comments on two-year-old free entitlement take-up figures

1 March 2016: 

• Alliance welcomes early years inspection announcement

12 February 2016: 

• Alliance responds to teaching union report on new reception tests

10 February 2016: 

• Alliance comments on link between pay and quality in nurseries

5 February 2016: 

• Alliance comments on apprenticeship funding shortfalls

2 February 2016: 

• Alliance responds to government’s 30-hours free childcare pilot scheme announcement

27 January 2016: 

• Alliance comments on anti-poverty childcare report

26 January 2016: 

• Alliance comments on Policy Exchange report on free childcare

20 January 2016: 

• Alliance comments on BHFNC’s The Best Start in Life — A manifesto for physical activity in the early years

19 January 2016: 

• Alliance publishes guides to recruiting & managing Early Years staff

12 January 2016: 

• Alliance comments on Ofsted fees consultation

11 January 2016

• Alliance comments on new childminder agency inspection handbook
• Alliance comments on government’s parenting classes announcement

7 January 2016:

• Alliance welcomes appointment of Jenny Chapman MP as shadow childcare minister

Further information

• Press releases 2015
• Press releases 2014
• Press releases 2013