New measures will be introduced to help the government meet its ‘school-readiness’ targets, education secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced in a speech.

Roughly 4,000 new early years places will be delivered across 200 new or expanded school-based nurseries from this September, the government has announced.

UCL research find that low early education and childcare availability in England’s most deprived areas is inhibiting choice and quality

Alliance CEO says current government policy is a risk of undermining its aim to ‘break down barriers to opportunity’ at the earliest possible opportunity

Government spending could be higher than expected if current levels of take-up for the early years entitlement remain, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

The Early Years Alliance has published an essay collection entitled No child left behind

A voluntary national register of nannies has been launched by the National Nanny Association (NNA)

New analysis conducted by London Economics and commissioned by charity Save the Children has modelled the cost of various changes to the current early years model which, if implemented, could “improve inclusion and quality” in the sector

Primary schools that have forced private, voluntary or independent (PVI) early years settings to leave their premises to apply for school-based nursery funding should not be allowed to participate in the government scheme, the Early Years Alliance has said

One in 10 early years settings in England warn they are at risk of closure in the next two years due to rising costs

A third of parents have quit their job or considered quitting in the past twelve months due to cost of early education and childcare