Category - Early Years

The government is being urged to learn lessons from the Sure Start children’s centre initiative amid an expansion of Family Hubs across the country.
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A commission of MPs and children’s campaigners has identified ending child poverty as a core priority for improving early years support and learning in the next decade. The Early Years Commission, which is co-chaired by former children’s minister...

Health professionals have warned that cuts to health visiting and school nursing services in Hampshire risk harming children and could be replicated across England.
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Children’s health organisations have warned that restarting a scheme to weigh children in schools could increase young people’s risk of developing eating disorders. The government has announced that the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)...

Ministers have been accused of “shamelessly, knowingly” underfunding the early years sector in England over the past decade, driving childcare costs up and quality down, after a two-year investigation by a body representing the sector. Read the full...

A petition, set up by founder of motherhood charity Pregnant Then Screwed Joely Brearly, calling for the review has so far amassed more than 95,000 signatures in just under two weeks. It is calling for the government to commission an independent...