Catherine Gaunt

Ofsted will be carrying out interim visits between September and December

News 31 July 2020

Coronavirus: Ofsted plans to bring back EYFS learning and development requirements

Inspection

News 31 July 2020

Coronavirus: Scottish schools to reopen from 11 August

Policy & Politics

Children and families minister Vicky Ford visited LEYF’s Katharine Bruce Nursery on 21 July

News 28 July 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Children’s minister defends coronavirus crisis funding for early years

Policy & Politics

The consumer watchdog is urging childcare providers to check their contracts with parents comply with consumer law

News 28 July 2020

Consumer watchdog issues advice to nurseries over lockdown fees

Coronavirus

News 27 July 2020

Government launches new obesity strategy

Child Obesity

The amount of school that children have already missed because of closures during the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a loss of earning potential of 3 per cent over a lifetime, the research says

News 24 July 2020

Coronavirus: Impact of school closures could 'lead to lower skills' and harm the economy for decades - study

Coronavirus

Critics of the EYFS reforms say that Reception class teachers are under 'huge pressure' to ensure that all children achieve the Early Learning Goals at the age of five

News 22 July 2020

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage

Early years settings are struggling to survive with much lower numbers of children attending than is usual

News 21 July 2020

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Coronavirus

The children's commissioner is calling for a complete overhaul of funding and services for pre-school children

News 17 July 2020

Children's commissioner calls for overhaul of early years system in England

Coronavirus

A still from the Right from the Start campaign video

News 16 July 2020

Campaigners call for the revised EYFS to be abandoned

Early Years Curriculum

Childcare providers in Scotland will be able to apply for grants to help them to reopen and to pay for increased cleaning and other measures to keep children and staff safe from Covid-19

News 16 July 2020

Coronavirus: Scotland unveils £11m in childcare grants to help nurseries reopen safely

Coronavirus

Andrea Leadsom MP, the Government's new early years health adviser

News 15 July 2020

Andrea Leadsom to lead review into early years health

Policy & Politics

Shadow education secretary Kate Green (left), and shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq, visited LEYF's Bessborough nursery in Pimlico on 16 July to highlight the need for targeted support for the childcare sector

News 15 July 2020

Labour says targeted financial support for childcare sector is 'essential' for the country's economic recovery

Coronavirus

News 14 July 2020

Survey highlights strain of lockdown on parents and children's mental health

Coronavirus

According to the statistics, 61 per cent of early years settings were open on 2 July

News 9 July 2020

DfE statistics show around a quarter of early years children have returned to settings

Coronavirus

Low demand is the main reason given by nurseries that have not yet reopened due to the pandemic

News 9 July 2020

Lack of demand for childcare key reason nurseries stay closed

Coronavirus

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