The Prime Minister’s “Plan for Change” includes a goal for 75% of five-year-olds in England to be “ready to learn” when they ...

The damage from the pandemic caused to children’s development has been exacerbated by rising levels of child poverty. Here, ...

Early years experts say investing in the workforce and evidenced interventions are needed as part of efforts to boost child ...

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver has questioned government plans for “safeguarding spot checks” on schools, instead ...

The director of children’s services role was created by the Children’s Act 2004 with the aim of harnessing the wider system ...

Increases to funding for the early years sector are failing to consider the rising cost pressures that providers face, an ...

Childcare social enterprise London Foundation (LEYF) is to take over the running of Hillingdon Council’s three early years ...

The rise from 12.3% to 13.2% in the year up to the third quarter of 2024 (July to September) continues the upward trend in ...

When a child spends prolonged periods of time feeling bored, apathetic, scared and alone they become what I call, 'lights off ...

At the start of a new year, I have been reflecting on the year that was 2024; a real year of change that brought a general ...