DfE makes changes to ratios proposal press release after Alliance complaint to Office for Statistics Regulation

The DfE has said that it is “working towards generating a more accurate figure”.
Group-based providers invited to apply to stronger practice hub scheme

Group-based settings rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ can apply
EYA portal unavailable on Thursday until Monday 15 August

The My EYA Portal will be unavailable from Thursday 11 August until 6pm on Monday 15 August due to scheduled maintenance work. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
One in five children with key worker parents are living in poverty, TUC research suggests

One million children with key worker parents living below the breadline
Proposed early years funding changes likely to hit areas with low places hardest, analysis reveals

Areas in northern England set to be hit by changes to formula
New Alliance publication explores the positive impact of the outdoors for children’s development

Alliance announces new Introducing Forest Schools in the Early Years publication
Ofsted report shows ongoing impact of pandemic

Language, social skills and physical development still suffering
Government scraps plans to legislate on summer-born children

Plans laid out by Nick Gibb in 2015 scrapped
DfE shares guidance ahead of extreme heat weather warning

Providers not advised to close as DfE highlights Emergency Planning Guidance
Brendan Clarke-Smith named minister for children and families

Changes at the DfE team after cabinet resignations
Changes to nursery milk scheme delayed

Proposed changes will not take effect until 2023
Early childhood “increasingly characterised by inequality”, report says

Two-fifths of children do not reach “expected level of development” by age five