The Sutton Trust says disadvantaged children are being hit hardest by this trend “with learning gaps between the most and least well-off young children set to widen in the coming years”. Its policy briefing has raised...
Health visitor shortage leaves services unable to support vulnerable babies, report warns
Health visiting services lack the capacity to support increasing numbers of vulnerable children due to a shortage of thousands of workers, a survey warns. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young...
UK government’s free childcare scheme in disarray, charities say
A flagship government childcare scheme is at risk of “falling apart” with parents struggling to access new free hours and nurseries in the dark about if they can afford to provide care, according to charities. Read the...
Childcare costs: Parents share struggles of ‘broken’ system
The UK has some of the highest childcare costs in the world. Parents are finding it hard to get nursery places and report quitting full-time work to care for their children. Nurseries are closing faster than new ones...
Midwife quit over ‘unsafe care’ and staffing
A former midwife has told the BBC she quit because she could not live with herself if she provided poor care. Hannah Williams says staff shortages meant she kept patients safe, but sometimes only “by the skin of...
Classes in character do little to narrow gap in pupil outcomes, says study
Teaching character, grit and resilience in schools is valuable to children but is unlikely to play a major part in eradicating the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their wealthier peers, according to...
