Free childcare! Thirty hours a week from nine months until primary school was the eye-catcher in the chancellor’s spring budget. Was this, finally, Scandinavian-quality nurseries? No, sadly. Read the full article on...
Early years funding rates uplift ‘not enough’ to prevent closures, providers warn
A Department for Education uplift of early years funding rates worth £400m will “fall short” of what providers need to deliver the government’s planned expansion of the funded childcare offer, sector leaders have said...
Childcare: £400m to expand free scheme in England
The government is to invest £400m in its plans to expand free childcare for working parents in England from April. The Department for Education (DfE) has also announced an increase in funding rates for nursery places...
Early years staffing crisis ‘major barrier’ to planned childcare expansion
An expected mass exodus of early years workers could undermine government plans to expand funded childcare hours, new research warns. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share...
One in 10 mothers with under-fours quit work over childcare, says charity
About a quarter of a million mothers with young children have left their jobs due to childcare pressures, research by an equal rights charity suggests Read the full article on this link to BBC Share this:Click to share...
Early years
NSPCC Learning has published a briefing collating learning from NSPCC early years work with expectant parents and children aged 5 and under. The briefing looks at families’ engagement with NSPCC early years programmes...
