The Department for Education has confirmed more detail about new funding available to help early years settings to develop and sustaining inclusive early ye ...

LAs will receive average funding increases of 4.3% for under-twos, 4.4% for two-year-olds and 4.95% for three- and four-year-olds

Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Food Foundation is with a panel of experts for a deep dive into the food provision in Early Years settings to make sure that all children can get a ...

The DfE's evaluation of pilot recruitment scheme found that it had "no measurable increase in ... the number of applicants per vacancy"

The 'funded' early education and childcare scheme is at risk due to ongoing issues with staffing and finances, according to new figures

The Education Committee has today launched an inquiry into the early years sector, looking at issues around the sustainability of its workforce, families’ access to services and the quality of o...

The government is inviting more schools to bid for up to £150,000 of funding from a £45 million pot to create a further 300 new or expanded school-based nurseries from September 2026.

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The latest phase of the government’s early years recruitment campaign will focus on increasing the number of male educators working in early years settings

The richest households in England will be eight times more likely to benefit from the full roll-out of the government’s funded early entitlement expansion

Ofsted has today announced several measures to “reassure the education sector” about the rollout of the renewed Ofsted inspection framework in November.

The sector and parents have welcomed the Government’s plans to introduce a professional register for early years staff, but stressed it ‘must be more than just names on a list’ and inclusive of the wh...

The Labour MP has urged government to take action to prevent early years closures

Up to 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs to be rolled out across the country to provide wide-ranging help for families, such as parenting and early development.

New analysis conducted by London Economics and commissioned by charity Save the Children has modelled the cost of various changes to the current early years model which, if implemented, could “improve...

Primary schools that have closed private, voluntary or independent (PVI) early years settings on their premises to apply for school-based nursery funding should not be allowed to participate in the go...

One in 10 early years settings in England warn they are at risk of closure in the next two years due to rising costs

Early years organisations are calling for an explicit reference to online safety and digital literacy in be added to the EYFS, ahead of the conclusion of a government inquiry.

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