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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Report looking at the national, regional and organisational barriers to stability in the early years workforce. The stability of the early years workforce in England Date: 5 Aug 2020 Author: Social Mobility Commission...
As many as one in eight early years workers earn less than £5 per hour, a damning new report by the government’s Social Mobility Commission shows. The research, carried out by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), warns...
Nesta has published a blog discussing the role parents play in influencing early years development. The blog highlights Nesta’s work with family support organisations over the past five years that harness the power of...
Up to a quarter of childcare settings could be forced to close over the next year without extra support from the government, latest analysis suggests.
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The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report looking at the provision of early years services for children in England setting out how starting school behind can undermine children’s life chances...
The government is to carry out a review on how the health of babies and young children from disadvantaged backgrounds can be improved
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A lack of staff training and resource pressures are making it harder to identify children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the early years, latest research has found. In its report, Identifying...
Parent-child play interactions in the first years of life are linked to more positive cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes for children. The vast majority of previous research has focussed on mother-infant play...
A third of nurseries in the most disadvantaged areas could be forced to close due to the Covid-19 crisis leaving many young children unable to access early years education, latest research has warned. A coronavirus...
Parent-child play interactions in the first years of life are linked to more positive cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes for children. The vast majority of previous research has focussed on mother-infant play...
