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James Cleverly appointed as Education Secretary

News

Thursday, July 7, 2022

| CYP Now

James Cleverly has been named as the government's third Education Secretary in just three days.

Ministerial departures throw policy reforms into turmoil

News

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Children's sector leaders have warned that ministerial resignations at the Department for Education have raised questions over the future of major policy reforms.

Consultation launches on ‘flawed’ plans to relax childcare ratios

News

Monday, July 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has launched a consultation over controversial plans to relax childcare ratios for two-year-olds in England.

More than 1,000 children’s centres closed over last decade

News

Thursday, June 30, 2022

| CYP Now

Official figures show that 1,342 children’s centres have closed over the last decade.

Covid-19 inquiry to include impact on early years

News

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Childcare providers have welcomed the inclusion of the pandemic's impact on early years in the UK Covid-19 inquiry.

London’s largest nursery provider calls for free school meals expansion

News

Monday, June 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has called on the government to extend free school meals to all children taking up funded childcare places in maintained nurseries amid the cost of living crisis.

Pandemic hit early education of disadvantaged children hardest, research finds

News

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

“Considerably more” children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds have missed out on formal early learning during the Covid-19 pandemic compared with their peers, new research has found.

Mobile provision: Children’s services on the road

Features

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Mobile provision allows children’s services teams to reach more children, young people and families. Charlotte Goddard spoke to those delivering mobile services to identify challenges and keys to success.

Ratios change not the solution to crisis in childcare

Opinion

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

In July 2021, I wrote about the challenges facing early years education, and issued a plea to the government to supercharge a system that is creaking when it should be thriving. One year on, what is the state of the sector?

Duchess of Cambridge calls for early years to be made a ‘societal priority’

News

Friday, June 17, 2022

| CYP Now

The Duchess of Cambridge has called for early child development to be made a national priority in light of research showing many people do not recognise the importance of the early years.

Call for specialist teams to prevent early childhood trauma

News

Monday, June 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Specialist teams offering “vital” support to vulnerable babies and young children affected by trauma are needed to ease the pressure on health and education providers, a charity says.

Neil Leitch: Early years crisis warnings ‘falling on deaf ears’

News

Friday, June 10, 2022

| CYP Now

The early years sector is stuck in a cycle of “battles” with government over underfunding, lack of resource and conversations over reducing staffing ratios in settings, Early Years Alliance (EYA) chief executive Neil Leitch has said.

Children’s first five years to be tracked for birth cohort study

News

Sunday, June 5, 2022

| CYP Now

More than 8,000 babies across England have been selected to take part in the first national cohort study in 20 years, which looks at child development and family circumstances in the 2020s.

London Assembly member backs ‘overwhelming opposition’ to relaxation of childcare ratios

News

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

A London Assembly member has backed “clear and overwhelming opposition” to government plans to relax childcare ratios in England.

Early years settings reject plans to relax childcare ratios

News

Monday, May 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Nearly nine out of 10 nurseries and pre-schools in England oppose plans to relax childcare ratios, dismissing government claims it could result in lower fees being charged, a survey has found.

Childcare ratios: DfE reveals further consultation details

News

Thursday, May 19, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has shared more information about a planned consultation on relaxing childcare ratios in England.

Concern over young children’s development after lockdowns

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

| CYP Now

The proportion of reception-aged children developing as expected academically, emotionally and in their communication has dropped markedly following Covid-19 lockdowns, new research shows.

MPs and charities back campaign to bolster health visiting services

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

| CYP Now

MPs and sector leaders are backing a campaign to strengthen health visiting services to ensure new parents are being effectively supported.

Children’s minister reveals plans to consult on relaxation of childcare ratios

News

Friday, May 13, 2022

| CYP Now

The government will consult on relaxing childcare ratios for two-year-olds to bring England in line with Scotland before the summer, the children’s minister has announced.

Hundreds back campaign against relaxation of childcare ratios

News

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Hundreds of early years staff, teachers and academics have signed an open letter urging the Prime Minister not to press ahead with rumoured plans to relax childcare staffing ratios.

Reports reveal ‘perfect storm’ facing early years settings

News

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have warned that a series of reports by the Department for Education on the impact of Covid-19 on the sector reveal a “perfect storm” of challenges facing providers.

Early years leaders criticise ‘ludicrous’ plans to reduce child ratios

News

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have criticised “short-sighted” plans, being discussed by the government, to relax childcare ratios in England.

International Focus: Breakfast clubs, Canada

Best Practice

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Greggs Foundation’s Lynne Hindmarch outlines what she discovered about breakfast clubs during a trip to Canada and outlines what the UK could learn and develop from their approaches to food insecurity.