Family Corner, the family arm of the Early Years Alliance, has announced the line-up for its second free, virtual family festival taking place in February

In its response the inspectorate apologised for the role it played in the tragic death of primary school headteacher Ruth Perry.

The London Assembly Economy Committee is calling on the government to review early entitlement funding rates in London in a report published today

Just 11% of eligible parents signing up to secure an access code for the government’s extended funding scheme have been granted one

Routine early years inspections will continue as normal amid a school inspection pause

Applications for the first phase of the extended entitlement offer opened on 2 January

The party is said to be considering the move to tackle early years place shortages

The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that unqualified early years staff can continue to work in early years settings as normal

Government spending on the early years sector in 2022-23 has dropped by almost 9% in real terms, according to an annual report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

The Department for Education today confirmed long-awaited council funding rates for the early years entitlement expansion, due to come into effect in April 2024

Ofsted has stated that four proposals put forward in a public consultation about its post-inspection arrangements will be implemented throughout 2024

Government delays in confirming the upcoming funding rates for the new one- and two-year-old early entitlement offers are “putting the entire policy at risk”