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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Childcare in England risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy, unless a £660m funding gap in a free childcare scheme is plugged, MPs are warning. Severe financial strain has been placed on private and independent...
The number of nursery workers qualified to Level 3 has hit crisis point after dropping 37 per cent in the last four years, according to a new report by the National Day Nurseries Association. The latest early years...
Should synthetic phonics remain mandated as the only way to teach all children to read and the Phonics Screening Check remain a statutory assessment in England for all six-year-olds? There is overwhelming evidence...
The number of children using Sure Start children’s centres in the most deprived areas of England has fallen by more than a fifth, driven by austerity cuts, new research has found. Action for Children’s...
Nearly one in five nurseries in deprived areas of England are facing closure within the next 12 months due to the early years funding shortfall. Independent research agency Ceeda found that 17 per cent of childcare...
The Local Government Association (LGA) has published an early help resource pack to help councillors in England better understand their own local offer. The pack, featuring contributions from the Early Intervention...
1,000 health visitors to be trained to support children’s early language and communication needs during routine home visits
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Date: 28 March 2019 Research into provider engagement with the 30 hours free childcare offer based on data from 2018. Access this research: 30 hours free childcare: evidence on early years providers Author(s):...
The government has responded with the “same tired lines” to calls to boost childcare funding to cover national minimum wage rises due this spring, according to early years representatives. An online...
MPs have criticised the government for failing to put in place a national early intervention strategy to help prevent adversity and trauma among children. The introduction of a national strategy is a central...
