Spending on children’s centres has fallen by £110m over the last financial year, a drop of more than 14 per cent, government figures have revealed. A consultation on the future of Sure Start...
The majority of parents on a low income are being put off work due to childcare costs, leaving children missing out on quality early years education that can boost their prospects, a study has found. Childcare...
The Chancellor’s Budget will cost the nursery sector a total of £437m next year due to increases in the national living wage and lack of action to reduce business rates and offer more money for funded...
Spending on children’s centres has fallen by £110m over the last financial year, a drop of more than 14 per cent, government figures have revealed. A consultation on the future of Sure Start children’s centres was announced in 2015 but...
The majority of parents on a low income are being put off work due to childcare costs, leaving children missing out on quality early years education that can boost their prospects, a study has found. Childcare costs can put off low-income parents...
The Chancellor’s Budget will cost the nursery sector a total of £437m next year due to increases in the national living wage and lack of action to reduce business rates and offer more money for funded places, according to evidence presented to...
Almost half of childcare providers are receiving less funding then they were five years ago, with the sector “systemically underfunded’, a study has found. Research agency Ceeda looked at rates handed by English councils to providers...
A report published today by the Children’s Commissioner for England, suggests there are 15,800 babies under the age of 1 considered by local authorities to be vulnerable or highly vulnerable and at risk of harm, but still living at home. The report...
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has published a report using long-term historical data to project outcomes for children and young people’s health in 2030. Findings from the report, which compares England with European...
Bans on smacking children are linked to less violence among teenagers, according to a new review. Using physical force to correct or control a child’s behaviour remains legally and socially permitted in many countries. But corporal punishment has...
Closures of children’s centres have been blamed for a significant fall in the number of children in deprived areas that can access childcare places. A report into the state of childcare by early years research company Ceeda, shows that...
A plan to sell off Birmingham’s council-run nurseries to private childcare providers has been put on hold. Council chiefs were due to come to a decision on the matter today (Friday, September 28) following claims it is no longer financially...
The Phonics Screening Check introduced in 2012 as a ‘light touch diagnostic check’ for all children age about six-years-of-age in primary schools in England has now become a high stakes assessment. DfE expects schools to have a higher percentage of...
