Report calls for focus on early years to close disadvantage gap
Sutton Trust warns of “substantial” gap between disadvantaged children and better-off classmates
Only 22% of expected families take up tax-free childcare
Government offer taken up by just a fifth of expected families
Alliance works with DfE and Ofsted to reduce workload pressures
Project will address workloads in the early years and how they can be addressed
30-hours policy is a “car crash,” according to new report
Education Select Committee argues that policy is “entrenching inequality” in new report
Treasury Committee seeks evidence on business rates
Early years providers urged to respond to call for evidence
Petition calls for funding to increase in line with minimum wage rises
National Living Wage due to increase to £8.21 in April
In memory of: Belle Tutaev, founder of the Alliance
Alliance praises the “incredible legacy” of founder Belle Tutaev, who sadly passed away aged 90 last week
25,000 eligibility codes for 30-hours have not been validated
New government statistics reveal number of eligibility codes not validated for spring term
Thinktank warns of 30-hours impact on places for two-year-olds
EPI report says that offer leads to “trade-off” between provision
More than half of early years settings say they have a “skills gap”
New Ceeda survey reveals that 35,600 staff are missing skills
Early years staff face “increasing financial pressures”
Report says workers have seen a 5% pay cut in real terms
New Ofsted framework focuses on “substance and integrity”
Ofsted launches inspection consultation