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Message from DfE: ‘T Levels are not being dropped.’

MPs from the Backbench Business Committee held a debate on support for childcare and the early years.

Early years Maths Champions programme receives funding for expansion

A vision for early education and care

Early years organisation NDNA has launched its Blueprint for Early Education and Care to inform decision-makers and politicians to gain the best outcomes for children.

Blueprint for early education and care event

NDNA at Party Conferences: Labour Party Conference round up

NDNA at Party Conferences: Conservative Party Conference round up

Thousands more staff needed in early years sector to meet demand

Recent research by the innovation charity Nesta shows that the early years sector needs an additional 27,500 practitioners to deliver the expansion of free childcare hours to under-3s, announced in the Spring Budget 2023. This represents an increase in demand of 8% and further challenges an over-burdened sector that has lost 3% of the workforce since 2019.

Nursery closure rates up fifty per cent on previous academic year

Nurseries in England continue to close at an alarming rate, with fifty per cent more closures in the academic year 2022-23, compared with the previous year, according to research by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation

MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation Mary Robinson MP for Cheadle visited the nursery which was awarded the 1000th Millie’s Mark in July. Millie’s Mark is the gold standard in paediatric first aid for early years settings across England and Scotland.

Ofsted report focuses on the three prime areas of learning

Continuing its series of research relating to early years education Ofsted has published its report 'Best Start in life part 2: the prime areas of learning'. The aim of the report is to support practitioners in raising the quality of education within early years and follows on from Part 1 which covered staffing, curriculum and pedagogy.