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Early Years

News 28 October 2024

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves pledges to protect early years and kinship care funding

Children with special educational needs or disabilities are particularly likely to face difficulties in securing funded places

Analysis 28 October 2024

Breaking barriers in support of more inclusive early education

The CRC covers a child's right to education and play. Image: Adobe Stock

News 24 October 2024

Sure Start programme cut youth custody risk by a fifth, report finds

Current childcare policy benefits more affluent families, a new report warns. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock

News 22 October 2024

Complex childcare application systems create barriers for disadvantaged families, research warns

James Hempsall is managing director of Coram Hempsall's

Blogs 21 October 2024

Change the approach to targeting early years for disadvantaged children

Disadvantaged children are at risk of being locked out of funded childcare, the NAO warns. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 October 2024

Persistently low access to childcare blighting poorer areas, Ofsted warns

News 17 October 2024

Funding applications launch for school-based nursery programme

Children who arrive at school not ready for reception class have a higher risk of unemployment as adults, researchers warn

News 8 October 2024

Longfield think-tank highlights long-term risks of poor school readiness

June O'Sullivan is chief executive of LEYF

Blogs 1 October 2024

Could social enterprises fix the childcare system?

New Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced the launch of funding

News 26 September 2024

Government to hand schools £15mn to create more nursery places

Paul Lindley: ‘If we are going to solve this problem, we need to look at all times, places and spaces that children play’

Interviews 25 September 2024

Interview: Paul Lindley, Ella's Kitchen founder and play commission chair

Derren Hayes: 'Moving to a ‘report card’ system should remove the stigma that came with being branded inadequate'

Opinion 25 September 2024

We need to rethink how we measure inspection success

Analysis 24 September 2024

Leaders want say in Ofsted’s move to narrative inspection judgments

Thousands of settings have closed in a year, Ofsted finds. Picture: AdobeStock

News 19 September 2024

More than 400 nurseries closed over last two years, research finds

Yvette Stanley: This extra period will give providers more time to digest the guidance. Picture: Ofsted

News 12 September 2024

Ofsted names social care and early years leaders to advise on inspection reform

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