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An early years qualification-checking digital service is set to be introduced, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.Read more

A new Early Years Teacher Degree Apprenticeship (EYTDA) standard has been published by the government. Read more

The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed the details of the new experience-based route for early educators to gain approved status to work within staff:child ratios at Level 3. Read more

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision in England requires urgent reform, according to a report released by the Public Accounts Committee. Read more

Families are set to receive a £126 million funding boost aimed at increasing early years support, the government has announced.Read more

Research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has concluded that despite recent increases in early years funding, providers are set to continue to face significant...Read more

The government must ensure that at-risk children are at the heart of strategies to break down barriers to opportunity, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has stated in its latest annual report. Read more

Average parent-paid fees for early years places increased steeply between 2023 and 2024, new statistics published today by the Department for Education (DfE) show.  Read more

Early years settings are to receive an additional £2 billion to support the rollout of 30 hours of government-funded early education from September 2025, the government has stated.Read more