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Consultation launches on ‘flawed’ plans to relax childcare ratios

Monday, July 4, 2022

The government has launched a consultation over controversial plans to relax childcare ratios for two-year-olds in England.

More than 1,000 children’s centres closed over last decade

News

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Official figures show that 1,342 children’s centres have closed over the last decade.

Covid-19 inquiry to include impact on early years

News

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Childcare providers have welcomed the inclusion of the pandemic's impact on early years in the UK Covid-19 inquiry.

London’s largest nursery provider calls for free school meals expansion

News

Monday, June 27, 2022

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has called on the government to extend free school meals to all children taking up funded childcare places in maintained nurseries amid the cost of living crisis.

Pandemic hit early education of disadvantaged children hardest, research finds

News

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

“Considerably more” children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds have missed out on formal early learning during the Covid-19 pandemic compared with their peers, new research has found.

Mobile provision: Children’s services on the road

Features

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Mobile provision allows children’s services teams to reach more children, young people and families. Charlotte Goddard spoke to those delivering mobile services to identify challenges and keys to success.

Ratios change not the solution to crisis in childcare

Opinion

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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?

Duchess of Cambridge calls for early years to be made a ‘societal priority’

News

Friday, June 17, 2022

The Duchess of Cambridge has called for early child development to be made a national priority in light of research showing many people do not recognise the importance of the early years.

Call for specialist teams to prevent early childhood trauma

News

Monday, June 13, 2022

Specialist teams offering “vital” support to vulnerable babies and young children affected by trauma are needed to ease the pressure on health and education providers, a charity says.

Neil Leitch: Early years crisis warnings ‘falling on deaf ears’

News

Friday, June 10, 2022

The early years sector is stuck in a cycle of “battles” with government over underfunding, lack of resource and conversations over reducing staffing ratios in settings, Early Years Alliance (EYA) chief executive Neil Leitch has said.

Children’s first five years to be tracked for birth cohort study

News

Sunday, June 5, 2022

More than 8,000 babies across England have been selected to take part in the first national cohort study in 20 years, which looks at child development and family circumstances in the 2020s.

London Assembly member backs ‘overwhelming opposition’ to relaxation of childcare ratios

News

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

A London Assembly member has backed “clear and overwhelming opposition” to government plans to relax childcare ratios in England.

Early years settings reject plans to relax childcare ratios

News

Monday, May 23, 2022

Nearly nine out of 10 nurseries and pre-schools in England oppose plans to relax childcare ratios, dismissing government claims it could result in lower fees being charged, a survey has found.

Childcare ratios: DfE reveals further consultation details

News

Thursday, May 19, 2022

The government has shared more information about a planned consultation on relaxing childcare ratios in England.

Concern over young children’s development after lockdowns

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

The proportion of reception-aged children developing as expected academically, emotionally and in their communication has dropped markedly following Covid-19 lockdowns, new research shows.

MPs and charities back campaign to bolster health visiting services

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

MPs and sector leaders are backing a campaign to strengthen health visiting services to ensure new parents are being effectively supported.

Children’s minister reveals plans to consult on relaxation of childcare ratios

News

Friday, May 13, 2022

The government will consult on relaxing childcare ratios for two-year-olds to bring England in line with Scotland before the summer, the children’s minister has announced.

Hundreds back campaign against relaxation of childcare ratios

News

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Hundreds of early years staff, teachers and academics have signed an open letter urging the Prime Minister not to press ahead with rumoured plans to relax childcare staffing ratios.

Reports reveal ‘perfect storm’ facing early years settings

News

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Early years leaders have warned that a series of reports by the Department for Education on the impact of Covid-19 on the sector reveal a “perfect storm” of challenges facing providers.