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Protecting childcare staff ratios

Analysis

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Three experts put the case for why the government should not try to water down children-to-staff ratios.

Families face childcare barriers as councils report lack of sufficiency

Analysis

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Report from Coram Family and Childcare reveals a fall in the availability of funded childcare places, with the problem particularly acute in disadvantaged areas and for children with special educational needs.

Understanding the impact of early years funding shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

The early years sector has acted as a lifeline for families over the last two years. Yet while it has played such an essential role during the pandemic, it has often been taken for granted.

Tackling free childcare decline

Analysis

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Councils are honing ways to reverse fall in the number of two-year-olds using the funded entitlement.

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

Analysis

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Few parts of the children and families sector have been hit as hard by the pandemic as early years services. Shortages of staff and government funding have only been exacerbated by Covid-19 as demand for places has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels resulting in settings closing.

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

Analysis

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Advocates of family hubs say new government funding will help establish a network of family support facilities that complements the early years focus of children’s centres, but some fear it signals the "death knell" for them.