Ofsted confirms changes to inspection framework
New guidelines will focus on the “substance of education”
30 hours policy “risks social mobility” according to new report
Social Mobility Commission suggests government focuses on disadvantaged families
Alliance announces week of campaign action
Alliance aims to engage with every MP in England about early years funding crisis
DfE announces £30k grant to help recruit men into the early years
New project aims to help encourage men to join the sector
Labour repeats pledge to drop baseline test
Jeremy Corbyn speaks at National Education Union conference
Committee criticises government comments on childcare
Work and Pensions Committee calls government’s response “disrespectful”
Alliance “disappointed” in government’s response to early years report
Report suggested that 30-hours offer was a “car crash”
Alliance launches workload survey
Alliance works with Ofsted and DfE on new workload survey
Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard gets IFA approval
Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education approves new trailblazer standards
Northamptonshire cuts SEN funding to just 2p an hour
Proposed cuts to funding approved last week
42% of early years providers are likely to reduce staff numbers in the next year
Survey reveals likely job losses in the next 12 months
2.8 million UK children live in “severe poverty”
Government statistics show that 70% of children in poverty live in a working household