Nurseries in England face an average 40 per cent rise in business rates from April 2023 PHOTO Adobe Stock

Nurseries in England face sharp rise in business rates from April

Policy & Politics
Maggie Bolger: 'There are a number of viable solutions that will have far greater impact than a quick fix, headline grabbing £500 sign-on bonus'

Maggie Bolger: 'Why a £500 sign-on bonus for childcare workers won't work'

Funding
Labour says it will consult on plans to bring in a report card for schools rather than Ofsted grades, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Labour outlines plans to reform Ofsted

Inspection
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is said to be planning to bring in the controversial ratio changes, and raising entitlement funding

Chancellor reported to be planning childcare reforms and ratio changes

Funding
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Some of those polled overestimated the hourly rate of pay for early years staff by an average of 47 per cent, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Eight in ten Britons think salaries for early years staff are too low

Policy & Politics
Coram Family and Childcare has released its annual Childcare Survey on sufficency of places and childcare costs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

Provision
The NDNA fears that many nurseries already struggling to survive will close amid rising costs PHOTO Adobe Stock

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

Policy & Politics
The EEF has published a set of evaluations of the DfE Funded NELI programme

Covid recovery programme found to benefit children's language skills

Research
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to reform childcare PHOTO Twitter

Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

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London is England’s ‘childcare affordability blackspot’, according to the Nesta analysis PHOTO Adobe Stock

Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

Provision
The report from Barnardo's reveals the ways in which families are having to make cutbacks due to the cost-of-living crisis, PHOTO: Barnardo's

Cost-of-living crisis forces families to share beds and forgo proper meals

Families