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Today’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond made no mention of additional support for the early years sector.

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While the Chancellor’s speech covered a variety of areas – including...Read more

Labour MP Helen Jones called for an early years inquiry at a parliamentary debate on free childcare on Monday.

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The debate was prompted by a government e-petition calling for ‘free childcare when both parents are...Read more

The Pre-school Learning Â黨ӰÊÓhas written to all members of Parliament ahead of the Autumn Statement which is due to be released this week on Wednesday 23 November.

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The Â黨ӰÊÓhas written on the topic of early...Read more

The Family and Childcare Trust has today released a report titled ‘Putting quality at the heart of the early years’, which has called on the government to invest in an Early Excellence Fund.

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The fund would be...Read more

The Social Mobility Commission has today released its State of the Nation 2016 report which has called on the government to double the early years pupil premium (EYPP).

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The report also said that the government...Read more

A study from Ofcom has found that under-fives are spending more than four hours a day in front of a screen, and that, overall, children are spending more time online than watching television.

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The report found that...Read more

The London School of Economics and the University of Oxford have today released a report claiming that children that spend more time in early years provision have better social and everyday skills.

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The report ‘The...Read more

The latest early years dataset from Ofsted has shown an increase in the proportion of providers achieving ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ ratings from 86% to 91%, as at 31 August this year.

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Neil Leitch, chief executive at...Read more

Neil Leitch, chief executive at the Pre-school Learning Alliance, has criticised today’s Good Morning Britain report titled, ‘Are nurseries safe?’

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The report investigated the overall safety of early years settings...Read more

The Â黨ӰÊÓhas called on the Department for Education to publish externally-commissioned research from Deloitte – used in the ‘Review of childcare costs: the analytical report’ in November 2015 – following a ruling from the Information...Read more