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Large for-profit nursery groups may be at increased financial risk.
Nurseries play a hugely important role in local communities.
Will an increase in free nursery hours lead to greater support for publicly-provided childcare?
England may end up with one of the most complex and unfair systems in Europe.
Plans to double free childcare will only be available for ‘working parents’.
Despite big changes in childcare policy at the end of the 20th century, we’re asking many of the same questions as in the 1960s.
We shouldn’t just be blaming the middle classes for snapping up all the free childcare spots.
Politicians promising to expand free childcare is no bad thing, but it is difficult to deliver in practice
It is predictable that the Labour Party’s election pledge to expand Sure Start has turned into a row over how many children’s centres have actually closed since the coalition government took over in 2010…
All children with early language problems are at increased risk of struggling at school, and having reduced employment opportunities and life chances, but the risk of early language problems is disproportionately…
Over the last 20 years, early childhood education and childcare for the under-fives has become a major policy priority in the UK. Get more mothers into work, it’s argued, and we can start to close the…
All children deserve a good start in life, and we know that high quality early years provision can help to support children’s development. Research shows that it is particularly beneficial for disadvantaged…
Choosing a good quality nursery is one of the most important decisions any parent will make during the first years of their child’s life. In a recent report, UK school and childcare regulator Ofsted acknowledged…
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