The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) has published a report evaluating the impact of training health visitors in the use of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB), a tool to help with routine checks to promote...
Campaigners are warning that financial pressures on nurseries are limiting their ability to invest in early intervention and support for children. Sector body National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) said new...
Childminding could disappear within the next decade without urgent government intervention, a charity has warned.
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The Institute of Health Visiting (IHV) has published the results from a survey of health visitors working with families across the UK. Findings from 1,323 responses include: 84% reported an increase in children with...
Despite rising cost-of-living pressures, children and families are no longer receiving the support they need due to insufficient numbers of health visitors, according to a recent UK-wide survey of frontline health...
A Department for Education funding increase for childcare places has been branded “insufficient” by early years leaders who say it will amount to “just pennies in practice”. Read the full article on this link...
Free universal preschool childcare and more funding for after-school clubs could increase government revenues and save a family with young children between £620 and £6,175 a year, a joint report endorsed by the Labour...
Ofsted has published the first in a series of research reviews into early years education in England. The report examines factors contributing to a high-quality early education and looks at curriculum and staffing in...
“It’s everywhere! It’s everywhere!” the little girl cried with delight as she threw the bubbles up into the air, washing the mud off her hands. An hour earlier, she had been forlornly sitting on a chair, disengaged with...
UNICEF has published a policy report looking into early years services and support availability in the UK. The report analyses information from data and research findings across England and identifies barriers to...
Childcare providers have hit out at reports that Prime Minister Liz Truss is planning to scrap staffing ratios for early years settings completely amid a row over government proposals to relax such regulations. Sector...
Full-time nursery for children under the age of two costs almost two-thirds of a parent’s weekly take-home pay in England, according to new analysis. Parents in Scotland fare slightly better, paying half (51%) of one...
One in nine children have poor wellbeing and their happiness in life continues to decline, the Children’s Society’s annual Good Childhood Report has revealed. The charity’s annual report, based on...
