A “severe and growing” staffing shortage in the early years sector is leaving families facing repeated disruptions to childcare services, new research shows. A survey of 1,395 early years providers, carried out by the Early Years Alliance...
Under-fives adversely impacted by Covid-19 pandemic, study shows
Children in the early years have experienced adverse impacts on their physical health and wellbeing as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report shows. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this:Click...
UK parents missing out on ‘tax-free childcare’ scheme, data shows
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Reform 30-hour childcare to support disadvantaged families, charity urges
The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has called on the government for “urgent reform” of its policy of restricting 30 hours of funded childcare to working families. It wants to see the threshold for accessing 30 hours funded childcare opened to...
Why free nursery childcare can come with costly extras
Roxie Broun from East Sussex was looking forward to her three-year-old son receiving his 30 hours of government-funded childcare at nursery. Yet, although the Department for Education’s (DfE) early years policy offers 15 or 30 hours of...
Early education and childcare
The Nuffield Foundation has published a report reviewing the evidence on the quality, effectiveness and sustainability of early childhood education and care. The report concludes that the current system of early childhood education and care has...
