The early years workforce continues to face substantial recruitment and retention challenges despite recent growth in staff numbers, according the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). Providers have...
Funded childcare expansion: how most disadvantaged families benefit least from scheme
Research from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) think-tank predicts that better-off parents will be the main beneficiaries of the government’s funded childcare offer for working families, which completes its roll out...
‘Inequality crisis’ warning for early years as attainment gap widens
A think-tank is warning of an “inequality crisis” in early child development after research found continued widening in the attainment gap between disadvantaged five-year-olds and their more affluent peers. Read the...
Childminder decline shows no sign of slowing down
The long-term decline in childminders has continued over the past year, latest Ofsted figures reveal. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X...
Disadvantaged children impacted by early years costs hike, finds poll
Nurseries are limiting the number of government-funded hours they offer to offset cost hikes, impacting disadvantaged families, a poll has revealed. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now...
Research finds ‘long-lasting financial benefits’ of Sure Start
Sure Start children’s centres generated “widespread and long-lasting benefits” for children that have created financial savings to the UK economy that “could be twice as high as its costs”, a report by the Institute of...
