2017 Press Releases

21 December

• Alliance comments on new Department for Education childcare survey

19 December

• Alliance welcomes government U-turn on foster children's eligibility for 30 hours childcare

• Alliance comments as more than 20,000 parents end first term without 30 hours childcare place

13 December 2017

• Alliance responds to Ofsted's annual report

5 December 2017

• Alliance comments on proposed two-year-old funded childcare eligibility criteria changes 

1 December 2017

• Alliance comments on research revealing 3 year olds are put into ability groups ahead of primary school testing

30 November 2017

• Alliance comments on Ofsted's Bold Beginnings report
• Alliance comments on new EYFS Profile statistics

28 November 2017

• Alliance comments on Social Mobility Commission report

22 November 2017

• Budget 2017: Alliance comments on national living wage increase

21 November 2017

• The Alliance's open letter to the Chancellor ahead of the budget
• Alliance comments on latest Ofsted statistics

17 November 2017

• Alliance comments on new early years funding rates for 2018/19

15 November 2017

• Alliance comments on tax-free childcare rollout delay

13 November 2017

• Alliance comments on new government nutrition advice for early years settings

9 November 2017

• Thousands of parents cannot access 30 hours

8 November 2017

• Alliance comments on free childcare debate

6 November 2017

• Alliance warns of 30-hour childcare place 'postcode lottery' following new DfE statistics
• Alliance comments on Living Wage increase

31 October 2017

• Alliance comments on Family and Childcare Trust family services report

27 October 2017

• Alliance calls for better awareness of Halloween costume dangers

25 October 2017

• Alliance voices concern over 30 hours ministerial confusion

20 October 2017:

• Alliance comments on TUC childcare cost findings

19 October 2017:

• Alliance comments on Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results

12 October 2017:

• Thousands of parents unable to access a 30-hour place
• Lack of funding for 30 hours childcare policy hitting poorest families the hardest, warns Alliance

29 September 2017:

• Alliance comments on the launch of Ofsted's five-year strategy

27 September 2017:

• Alliance responds to Sutton Trust's 'Closing Gaps Early' report

6 September 2017:

• Alliance comments on NAHT / Family and Childcare Trust 'school-readiness' survey findings

4 September 2017:

• Alliance comments on New Economics Foundation 30-hours research

1 September 2017:

• Letter from Neil Leitch to the early years sector

31 August 2017:

• Alliance comments on DfE's evaluation of 30 hours early rollout

29 August 2017:

• Parents set to pay the price as childcare providers struggle to deliver 30 hours, survey shows

24 August 2017:

• New Alliance publication explores Early Language Development

21 August 2017:

• Alliance comments on Child Poverty Action Group's report highlighting rising costs of raising children 

17 August 2017:

• Media briefing: 30 hours 'free childcare' 

7 August 2017:

• Alliance launches new course for providers: 'Guide to Employing an Early Years Apprentice'

3 August 2017:

• Alliance comments on Education Policy Institute’s ‘Closing the gap’ report

• Alliance comments on ongoing Childcare Service website problems

25 July 2017:

• Alliance comments on Labour Market Enforcement report's finding on childcare wages

21 July 2017:

• Alliance saddened by closure of Children's Food Trust

19 July 2017:

• Alliance reinforces the importance of the EYFS

17 July 2017:

• Alliance warns 30 hours 'free childcare' offer is at risk, following evaluation of trials

12 July 2017:

• Alliance launches new online training course on supporting children with SEND

6 July 2017:

• Alliance comments on DfE participation in new OECD early years study

3 July 2017:

• Alliance welcomes appointment of Tracy Brabin MP as a Shadow Education Minister

29 June 2017:

• Alliance comments on latest DfE childcare and early years provision statistics

28 June 2017:

• Alliance comments on Social Mobility Commission report

27 June 2017:

• Alliance voices concern following HMRC publication of private childminder data

• Alliance comments on appointment of Robert Goodwill MP as minister responsible for early years

21 June 2017:

• Alliance welcomes OECD call for governments to invest in improving early years quality

16 June 2017:

• Alliance celebrates volunteers at 2017 awards

15 June 2017:

• FOI data reveals real-terms early years funding drop in over a quarter of councils

14 June 2017:

• Government promise of flexible 30-hours offer at risk as childminder numbers continue to fall

13 June 2017:

• New Alliance research shows early years “woefully” underrepresented on local councils funding forums

9 June 2017:

• Alliance comments on election result

30 May 2017:

• Alliance comments on Labour's childcare and Sure Start pledges

23 May 2017:

• Alliance voices concern about Childcare Services website problems

22 May 2017:

• Alliance voices concern over Green Party manifesto childcare pledges

18 May 2017:

• Alliance criticises Conservative school nursery manifesto announcement

17 May 2017

• Alliance comments on Lib Dem pledge to extend 'free' childcare

• Alliance responds to Lib Dem pledge to triple early years pupil premium

16 May 2017

• Vital Labour gets its sums right on free childcare pledge, Alliance warns

15 May 2017

• Sector leaders seek to build parliamentary pressure group

12 May 2017

• Alliance and other leading early years organisations issue joint call to the main political parties: don’t promise what we can’t deliver

11 May 2017

• Alliance comments on childcare pledges in Labour draft manifesto

9 May 2017

• Alliance launches new online training course: 'Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning'

1 May 2017

• Alliance welcomes Education Select Committee report for raising concerns about baseline testing

24 April 2017

• Alliance comments on 30-hour operational guidance

18 April 2017

• Alliance comments on snap general election announcement

• Alliance comments on thinktank call for 30-hour childcare offer to be scrapped

3 April 2017

• Parents facing childcare place shortages and extra costs under 30-hour offer, new survey reveals

30 March 2017

• Alliance voices concern over primary assessment consultation

23 March 2017

• Alliance extends Fair Future Funding campaign to include parents

21 March 2017

• Alliance comments on tax-free childcare launch announcement

17 March 2017

• Alliance criticises Family and Childcare Trust's "misleading" childcare minimum wage claims
• Alliance comments on childcare place shortage fears admission in budget

15 March 2017

• Government "wasting tax-payers' money" to keep information about Childcare Implementation Taskforce secret, Alliance reveals

14 March 2017

• Alliance voices concern over continued fall in childminder numbers revealed in latest Ofsted stats

13 March 2017

• Alliance launches SMARTpd - a bespoke approach to professional development

8 March 2017

• Alliance criticises lack of action on 'free childcare' concerns in Spring Budget

3 March 2017

• Alliance welcomes early years GCSE requirement U-turn

2 March 2017

• Alliance comments on Family and Childcare Trust report

24 February 2017

• Alliance publishes new 30-hours ‘myth-busting’ document

23 February 2017:

• New DfE statistics highlight 30-hour 'free childcare' risks, says Alliance

17 February 2017:

• Alliance comments on Save the Children early years report

13 February 2017:

• Alliance responds to LSE report on quality in early years settings

10 February 2017:

• Early years funding based on 'flimsy' data, Alliance warns following Deloitte data publication

8 February 2017:

• Alliance comments on FCT report into the impact of 30 hours 'free' childcare

6 February 2017:

• Alliance expresses disappointment at IEA's report on government intervention in childcare

27 January 2017:

• Alliance comments on new 30-hour 'free childcare' trial area announcement
• Alliance welcomes SEED report on good practice in the early years

26 January 2017:

• Alliance expresses disappointment at Tulip Siddiq's resignation from Labour's frontbench

25 January 2017:

• Alliance concerned as FCT reports lack of childcare information for disabled children

18 January 2017:

• Alliance comments on NAHT baseline test recommendation

10 January 2017:

• Alliance comments on government childcare funding announcement

 

Further information

• Press releases 2016
• Press releases 2015
• Press releases 2014
• Press releases 2013