Childcare & Early Years In Depth
Qualified critic
Gabriella Józwiak talks to Cathy Nutbrown, author of the Nutbrown Review
Research Report: CANparent Trial Evaluation – First Interim Report
Researchers evaluate the government's CANparent initiative, which offers parents vouchers to pay for parenting classes
The awards that really matter
The Children & Young People Now Awards represent the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK. They recognise the most innovative and effective work in transforming young lives and building a better society. Too much of this work goes...
The gentle agitator
Gabriella Józwiak talks to Deborah Lawson, general secretary of the union Voice
Good Practice Case Studies
How training improves childcare
Action to enhance the skills of early years leaders ensures quality care for two-year-olds in Kirklees.
How parental input improves literacy
Volunteers support young children's literacy development by encouraging families to read
How parent champions raise service take-up
Project helps increase access to childcare, early learning and children’s centre services, and leads to better outcomes for children
How an early years scheme has led to a surge in Ofsted ratings in Rochdale
High Five improvement scheme in Rochdale sees inspection ratings soar in early years settings
How first-time parents in Barnsley are being helped to cope
Barnsley’s Having a Baby project provides extensive support to increase the wellbeing of local children, parents and families
Latest Childcare & Early Years News
- Daily Roundup: Out-of-work benefits, 16-19 bursaries, and childcare research
- Pacey retreats from childminder training project
- Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics
- 4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs
- LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue
- DfE announces voluntary sector funding
- Truss defends ratio plans in face of cross-party opposition
- Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care
- Bradford two-year-olds face childcare shortfall
- Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target
Childcare & Early Years Comment
Youth workers could be the missing link in PSHE
Youth work and schools make strange bedfellows. The very essence of youth work as voluntary and non-formal is certainly at odds with the formal, compulsory nature of school.
Restore some perspective to national picture of childhood
The National Children’s Bureau celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the beginning of our anniversary year, we worked with the V&A Museum of Childhood to host a debate looking at how childhood has changed over the past 50 years.
Parental help is most effective when it starts at conception
All decent parents want their children to be healthy and successful. It is now widely recognised that the first few years of life are fundamental to achieve this. The Wave Trust’s recent report in collaboration with the Department for Education, Conception to Age 2: The...
