In a year which saw growing rates of child poverty, record high levels of children entering care and being issued with education, health and care plans, we look back on the five most read news stories of the last 12 months in order of readership levels:
Budget 2023: Government confirms controversial relaxation of childcare ratios
The relaxation of staff to child ratios among childcare providers for two-year-olds proved controversial when Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced it would be changed to align with Scotland in his Spring Budget.
The Department for Education changed its Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework in July, confirming that from September, nurseries and pre-schools in England were able to operate at a ratio of one staff member to five two-year-olds from September.
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