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There's no evidence for childcare ratios change

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 27, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A decade on from its initial failed attempt, the Conservative government has finally decided to push ahead with plans to increase the number of two-year-olds a childcare practitioner can look after.

Ratios change not the solution to crisis in childcare

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 21, 2022
  • | CYP Now
In July 2021, I wrote about the challenges facing early years education, and issued a plea to the government to supercharge a system that is creaking when it should be thriving. One year on, what is the state of the sector?

Message on first 1,001 days still not heard

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Reading a recent edition of CYP Now, I was struck that on almost every page the case was being made, by a range of professionals, about the importance of investing in the early years.

Give babies the best start despite pandemic

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 23, 2021
  • | CYP Now
The nation’s mental health and wellbeing has been discussed at great length over the past few months and attention has recently been drawn to the mental health of babies and infants by a report commissioned by the First 1,001 Days Movement.

Letters to the Editor: Webinar for childcare providers

    Opinion
  • Friday, January 1, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Managing an early years and childcare setting, whether it be a home-based childminder, out of school club, a small voluntary playgroup, a nursery or a chain, a school or children’s centre, is a complex task. It is one of balancing quality, health and safety, with parents’ and children’s needs, funding and fees, and business sustainability.

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