Special Focus: Has the Education Recovery Plan boosted the sector?
Jo Parkes gauges the scope and success of the Government’s Education Recovery Plan so far,...
Jo Parkes gauges the scope and success of the Government’s Education Recovery Plan so far,...
As the Online Safety Bill goes through Parliament this year, national media headlines are focusing...
A new Improvement Plan aims to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of the SEND code of practice. Karen Faux...
Ofsted is calling for stronger regulatory powers to ensure early years providers with multiple...
In the first part of a new series looking at staff health and well-being, Charlotte Goddard sets out...
The group that developed Birth to 5 Matters has responded to criticisms by Tory MPs about the use of...
The Department for Education has today (31 March) confirmed that the landmark reforms to the Early...
The new Birth to 5 Matters guidance document is being launched by the Early Years Coalition in a...
April brings an increase to the National Living Wage, as well as the lowering of the age threshold...
Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's...
Scotland has become the first nation in the UK to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the...
‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ is on track to be launched later this...
Following the Chancellor's speech, what’s the latest on sources of financial support, and how can...
Nurseries will continue to be exempt from business rates, but there was no new funding earmarked for...
Andrew Manners, director at Morgan LaRoche, sets out the legal position on remaining open, or...
Wraparound childcare, including care provided by childminders, can restart from 8 March, as part of...
The Department for Education has published the new draft EYFS, and is asking for comments on minor...
The early years sector has a last opportunity to comment on Birth to 5 Matters before the final...
Hannah Belton, director and head of employment law at Morgan LaRoche, rounds up the legalities of...
New planning regulations relaxing rules about converting commercial property took effect on 1...
Children of keyworkers should stay at home ‘if they can’, the Government has said, in the latest...
Brighton and Hove Council has closed its nurseries to cope with rising cases of Covid-19 across the...
Prioritising Covid-19 vaccinations for childcare staff and teachers will be debated in Parliament on...
Nurseries in Wales have stayed open for all children this week, while schools have closed.
Scotland’s nurseries and schools will stay closed until at least the end of January.
Childcare settings will close their services to all but keyworkers and the vulnerable for three...
Disadvantaged schoolchildren will receive free meals during the Christmas holidays, and under-fours...
The Out of School Alliance has published a summary of new guidelines for breakfast and after-school...
There will be no limit to the number of children and adults in informal childcare bubbles for...
The Chancellor has announced the extension of the furlough scheme until March 2021 to protect jobs...
The Department for Education has published guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of...
Guidance for staff and children who are defined as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ has been...
A guide to institutionalised racism and the legal duty of settings to promote race equality. By...
The Department for Education has published revised curriculum guidance ahead of the implementation...
The Scottish government has introduced a Bill to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the...
Early years providers could be breaking the law if they ask for parents to pay full fees when...
There was no extra funding for the early years and childcare sector in the Chancellor’s summer...
The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded...
The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including...
Nurseries around the country are considering joining a class action against their insurer and broker...
A raft of guidance has been produced since the country went into lockdown. Here is a handy summary...
The Government has put into force temporary changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage framework...
Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of...
The detail of the education and childcare T-level has now been published.
Settings remaining open to cater for the children of key workers are encouraged to stay open over...
The impact of coronavirus on the education sector will be scrutinised by the Education Select...
Ofsted is being urged to temporarily suspend routine early years inspections in light of the ongoing...
Ofsted has updated its online registration system to make the process easier for early years...
As of January 2020, the digital apprenticeship service has been available to small employers that...
Findings from a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users with children aged 13-18 reveal that more than 60 per...