Category - Early Years

Family hub support services for parents with infants under two years old are set to be reviewed by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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The cost of childcare through the school summer holidays is now £943 per child on average, a survey suggests. Working parents also face a huge disparity in price depending on where they live in Britain, according to the...

England could be among the world’s leading systems for access to early years if disparities around eligibility for children from the poorest families are addressed, according to new research from the Sutton Trust. The...

The government is to increase by a third the rate it pays early years providers to deliver two-year-old places as it prepares to expand the funded childcare offer next year. From September, hourly rates per child will...

Councils are warning that an escalation of nursery closures linked to the cost-of-living crisis “will undermine capacity” ahead of government plans to extend free childcare. Read the full article on this link...

Nursery closure rates have increased by 50 per cent since last year with deprived areas being worst hit, new research from the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has found. There were 50 per cent more setting...

Government policy to relax early years staffing ratios and boost free hours for families is part of an “ignorant and disrespectful narrative” that sees professionals in the sector as “formal baby sitters”, according to...

Nearly half of early years providers say that their current income is not sufficient to cover the cost of delivering childcare in their setting, a report from the Department for Education has found Read the full article...