Government should make 30 hours offer available to all children to help school-readiness, new parent poll finds
There is strong support among parents for expanding early education and childcare as part of the government’s ‘school-readiness’ drive
Vulnerable children face widening disadvantage gap across England, says EPI report
Disadvantaged and vulnerable children are facing “enduring” and, in some cases, “worsening” disparities across England
Ofsted outlines measures to aid start of inspections under new framework
Ofsted has today announced several measures to “reassure the education sector” about the rollout of the renewed Ofsted inspection framework in November.
New DfE survey highlights early years access and cost challenges facing parents
Education committee chair calls for government action on early years funding
Government announces plans for up to 1,000 family support centres across the country
The government has announced plans to roll out up to 1,000 family support centres across the country to provide wide-ranging help for families.
Government announces intent to work with local authorities towards meeting targets to improve ‘school-readiness’
New measures will be introduced to help the government meet its ‘school-readiness’ targets, education secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced in a speech.
Government publishes new early years strategy
Around 4,000 school-based nursery places to be created from September, government says
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.
New report reveals private equity backed nurseries contributing to ‘care deserts’ in poorer areas
UCL research find that low early education and childcare availability in England’s most deprived areas is inhibiting choice and quality
Government early years policy at risk of “embedding inequality”, Alliance CEO warns
Alliance CEO says current government policy is a risk of undermining its aim to ‘break down barriers to opportunity’ at the earliest possible opportunity
IFS warns popularity of early years entitlements could leave spending much higher than initially forecast
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)