Alliance unveils new toolkit to help settings support multilingual children and families

The Early Years Alliance has today launched its Supporting Multilingual Children and Families Toolkit for early years settings
Government fails to act on Education Committee’s early years recommendations

The government has rejected a number of recommendations made by the Education Committee
Alliance publishes manifesto for the next government

Manifesto calls include a recruitment and retention strategy, SEND funding and support, and an emergency financial rescue package
Labour announces plan for new early years review

The review will be chaired by Ofsted chief inspector and DfE permanent secretary Sir David Bell.
Are you ready for World Prematurity Month?

The Alliance works with the Ickle Pickles Children’s Charity to raise awareness of babies born too soon
National living wage to increase to at least £11 per hour next year, Chancellor confirms

Alliance warns that the changes could be disastrous for the early years sector without adequate funding
Early entitlement expansion fails to directly benefit the poorest families, says IFS

IFS research highlights the failure of government funding entitlements to benefit the most disadvantaged families
“Flexible, affordable and fair” early education plans at forefront of Lib Dem’s autumn conference pledges

The Liberal Democrats’ “transformational” early education proposals were outlined this weekend’s autumn party conference
Alliance launches new flexible CPD support for early years providers

The new CPD Spotlight Collections offers flexible early years training to both individual educators and setting teams
Children’s Commissioner launches new campaign to amplify children’s voices in the run-up to next election

A new campaign called The Big Ambition launches today, which aims to ensure children and young people’s voices are heard in politics
Nutrition support programme launched by the Alliance for early years providers

The Early Years Alliance launches its tailored Nutrition Support Programme for early years providers
Early Education and Childcare Coalition marks full launch with release of polling data report and short film Further Together

The Early Education and Childcare Coalition (EECC) has today marked its full official launch.