Number of children accessing support falls by almost a fifth

Review finds that one in 10 children needs a social worker at some point

800 drop off Ofsted registration in three months

Childcare providers in areas of deprivation are twice as likely to close

Providers support Fair Future Funding Action Week

Virginia Brown, pre-school leader at Crofton Early Learners, wins prestigious award

Report says that Sure Start centres reduce childhood hospitalisations

Coalition launches survey on the EYFS

Scheme could save NHS £30 million

New guidelines will focus on the “substance of education”

Chief executive Neil Leitch called for business rate relief similar to schemes for childcare premises in Scotland and Wales

Social Mobility Commission suggests government focuses on disadvantaged families