Anne Longfield urges government to act on early intervention and support for children with complex needs‘The worst it’s ever been’: teachers decry Send crisis in England’s schoolsChildren with special...
Read MoreExclusive: Projected spare capacity is not all in the right places to match projected demand, research findsA government policy to create 100,000 new nursery places using spare capacity in English primary schools is...
Read MoreEarly years experts warn of lack of staff, playgrounds and toiletsPrimary schools may not have enough space, specialist facilities or staff to deliver the 100,000 new nursery places in England that the government has promised,...
Read MoreThe first study into Tory shake-up of childcare shows staff are overwhelmedThe first major study into the Conservatives’ controversial shake-up of childcare has revealed that nursery staff are often doing more “crowd...
Read MoreProviders warn they lack staff for next month’s expansion of free provision that was promised by ConservativesMinisters are facing stark warnings that a key pledge on childcare is in serious peril, amid mounting concerns...
Read MoreExclusive: Shadow chancellor says she wants to shatter ‘last glass ceiling in politics’ and improve women’s position‘No jobs women can’t do’: Rachel Reeves on idols, fiscal prudence and broken...
Read MoreParty’s proposals involve about £140m to refurbish school classrooms, but nothing extra to increase staffingLabour has been accused of leaving a gap in its childcare plans after the party confirmed its promise to...
Read MoreWatchdog says only a third of local authorities are confident they will have enough places for SeptemberThe deployment of the government’s childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing “significant...
Read MorePilot to explore how to repurpose unused school space to increase capacity for funded childcareAn estimated 85,000 additional childcare places would be required by September 2025 to enable the government’s planned...
Read MoreFawcett Society warns sector is lacking in ambition and delivery and calls for free ‘universal’ hoursLabour in a bind over much-needed childcare reformEngland’s childcare system is failing and falling behind...
Read MoreGordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millionsVeterans of the last Labour government have called on Keir Starmer to put a new Sure Start-style...
Read MoreLabour says places have fallen by almost 40,000 since the Tories came to power in 2010, forcing parents to leave the workforceChildcare places in England have fallen by nearly 40,000 since the Tories came to power in 2010,...
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