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Social Mobility in the Early Years: Special Report

Interventions to boost young children’s outcomes and narrow the attainment gap aim to improve social mobility. CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest developments, research and examples of best practice.

Majority of five-year-olds struggle at school

    News
  • Friday, February 11, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Fewer than half of five-year-olds in England are considered to have a good level of understanding and behaviour in their first year of school, a review of inequality has found.

Parental help is most effective when it starts at conception

    Other
  • Tuesday, April 16, 2013
  • | CYP Now
All decent parents want their children to be healthy and successful. It is now widely recognised that the first few years of life are fundamental to achieve this. The Wave Trust's recent report in collaboration with the Department for Education, Conception to Age 2: The Age of Opportunity, brings home this message, with a wide range of research showing how this initial life stage is a crucial phase of development, and one where focused support reaps dividends.

The importance of dads in the early years

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
During Mental Health Week, the Movember Foundation published its survey on new dads and there was some striking similarities with findings from a consultation we did with men in Blackpool about their experiences of being a new dad.

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

    News
  • Friday, December 13, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The government has given a funding boost to early years services in London after figures show only half of the capital's councils have enough nursery places available to provide free childcare for all disadvantaged two-year-olds.

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