Caversham Primary has been downgraded to inadequate by Ofsted.

Infant school to boycott inspection in memory of a primary head who took her own life following Ofsted downgrade

Inspection
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Business
The Chancellor wants to boost female employment by increasing childcare to 30 hours from the age of nine months

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

Policy & Politics
Oliver Steeper tragically died in 2001 after choking at nursery, PHOTO: @TOSFOUNDATIONUK

Budget 2023: Steeper family vow to overturn the relaxation of ratios

Families

Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

Viewpoint
Christine Farquharson, IFS

Christine Farquharson, IFS: Childcare reforms create a new branch of the welfare state – but raises the stakes on funding

Viewpoint
Childminding organisations and agencies had hoped for more support for existing childminders within the Chancellor's Budget, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

Policy & Politics
The Government is going ahead with plans to increase the number of two-year-olds nursery and pre-school staff can care for to 1 to 5

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

Policy & Politics
The Chancellor is expected to announce 30-hour funding for parents of one-and two-year-olds, but will the numbers add up for early years providers? PHOTO Adobe Stock

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Funding
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering his budget speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday Photo Screengrab from the BBC

Budget 2023: Chancellor pledges ‘landmark childcare reform’

Funding
The Chancellor's announcement that settings can operate at reduced childcare ratios has led to concerns surrounding practitioners' workloads and children's safety, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Budget 2023: Ratio changes branded 'shameful' by early years sector

Provision
New research by the EYA highlights a lack of data held by councils on whether parents can access childcare to suit their needs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Government claims there are enough childcare places to meet demand branded ‘meaningless’

Funding