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The Co-op backed scheme aims to fund 600 childcare apprentices over five years. Picture: Martin Figura

News 20 August 2024

Plans unveiled for 600 extra childcare apprentices

Settings may have to adapt to support younger children, researchers say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 20 August 2024

Councils distribute just fraction of funded childcare grant to providers

The council is shifting emphasis to all round family support from early years specifically

News 15 August 2024

Council proposes closing all Sure Start children’s centres

The winners of the CYP Now Awards 2024 will be unveiled on 28 November

News 12 August 2024

CYP Now Awards 2024: Shortlisted entries announced

Adventure playgrounds in Leicester face losing their council funding. Picture: Alex Deverill

News 7 August 2024

Leicester playgrounds' future uncertain amid £1mn funding cuts

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson visited a family hub in Derby recently. Picture: Derby City Council

News 7 August 2024

Call for clarity on family hubs funding

Retention and recruitment across the early years sector has seen challenges over the past two years. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Oksana Kuzmina

News 5 August 2024

Eight in 10 early years settings struggling with staff retention, survey finds

New Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced the launch of funding

Analysis 30 July 2024

New government puts children’s wellbeing at heart of its agenda

Sir Kevan Collins was education recovery tsar for five months after quitting in protest. Picture: DfE

Analysis 30 July 2024

SEND inclusion in mainstream schools key to DfE reorganisation

The newly elected Labour government pledged to create more than 3,000 nurseries in existing primary schools. Picture: Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 July 2024

Factors behind two-year-old decline

The school has been designed in an effort to combat the shortage of specialist schools in West Berkshire. Picture: Amegreen Children’s Services

News 30 July 2024

Plans approved for former nursery to become special school

Children in the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber were found to lack SEND support. Picture: Adobe Stock/ dglimages

News 26 July 2024

EHCPs for half of children delayed, study finds

The programme aligns with the government's pledge to improve maths teaching. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Birute

News 25 July 2024

Early years maths programme benefits disadvantaged children

The NAO questions a move by DfE to scrap funding for its National Tutoring Programme. Picture: Freedomz/Adobe Stock

News 24 July 2024

DfE has ‘little understanding’ on impact of spending on disadvantaged pupils, NAO finds

The Department for Education has confirmed the briefs of its new ministers. Picture: Bridget Phillipson/X

News 23 July 2024

DfE confirms ministerial responsibilities

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