Katy Morton

The Early Years Alliance's survey highlights challenges with the delivery of the expanded offer

News 22 February

Concerns the expanded offer isn't 'workable in practice' due to limited space and providers capping places

Funding

The Women's Budget Group estimates a £5bn funding shortfall to deliver the extended entitlements next year, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 22 February

£5bn shortfall in funding for extended ‘childcare’ offer

Provision

The State of the Nation report highlights the challenges women face to achieve equality in the workplace when they have young children PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 18 February

Growing number of parents getting into debt to pay for 'childcare'

Families

New data shows a huge increase in active job vacancies for early years staff, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 16 February

Early years job vacancies up by 146 per cent on pre-pandemic levels

Business

A new campaign has been launched to help keep children safe around the water, SCREENGRAB: YouTube

News 14 February

New water safety campaign aims to help children stay safe by canals

Resources

Smart money app Plum has written an open letter to Government campaigning for better early years support for parents, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 14 February

Open letter demands Government give parents a 'better deal' with early years provision

Families

Bright Horizons has published its annual Modern Families' Index, PHOTO: Bright Horizons

News 12 February

Employers moving backwards in enabling parents to balance their work/family life

Families

Storal's Farley Sparsholt nursery, which has been rated inadequate by Ofsted, will be re-inspected in six months, PHOTO: Farley

News 9 February

Storal's Farley outdoor nursery downgraded to Inadequate

Inspection

Pen Green Children's Centre is now rated outstanding after being downgraded last year to inadequate, PHOTO: Pen Green

News 8 February

Iconic Pen Green Children's Centre regains its Ofsted Outstanding grade

Inspection

Playwork England has been set up as an education and training consortium, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 7 February

New organisation to address 'crisis' in playwork training

Careers & Training

The new Flexible & Family Friendly Working APPG, from left to right: Tulip Siddiq MP, Jane van Zyl, CEO at Working Families, Rt Hon Dame Maria Miller

News 7 February

Cross-party Parliamentary group set up to champion flexible working

Policy & Politics

Busy Bees has announced it is looking to recruit 300 new apprentices, PHOTO: Busy Bees

News 6 February

Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

Careers & Training

Children and families minister David Johnston speaking at Nursery World's Business Summit on 2 February 2024 PHOTO Colin Miller

News 5 February

NW Business Summit: No plans to remove the word 'free' from the 15 and 30 hours, says children's minister

Policy & Politics

New-starters and returners to the sector could receive £1,000 after securing a position in an early years setting, under a new initiative by the DfE, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 2 February

DfE introduces £1,000 sign-up bonus to encourage more people to work in the early years sector

Management

A new report highlights the challenges parents face in getting support for their autistic child, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 2 February

Tens of thousands of children waiting months or years for autism support

Families

The time local authorities have to tell providers their funding rates is to be shortened, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 2 February

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

Funding

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