New research by the University of Bath’s Institute for Police Research finds that nursery fees have risen fastest in the ...

The growth of the early years workforce is at risk without increasing funding to allow providers to pay staff competitive wages and a pay structure that encourages them to pursue a career in the ...

Low pay and a high turnover of staff in nurseries could hamper the government’s expansion of funded childcare, according to research by the NFER, released to coincide with the extension of 30-hours of ...

Despite decades of progress on workplace equality, new analysis shows that women with children earn 33 per cent, or £302, less a week than fathers, meaning they are effectively working for free from ...

Lillian Flemons, NFER research manager and co-author of the early years report.

The minister for early education, Stephen Morgan, on the importance of PVI settings in delivering the 30-hour offer for working parents.

The minister for early education, Stephen Morgan, on the importance of PVI settings in delivering the 30-hour offer for working parents.

Babyzone was launched in 2019 in response to rising child poverty rates and the closure of more than 1,300 Children's Centres ...

The 30-hour offer risks widening the disadvantage gap as those ineligible for the funding face paying £205 per week more for a child under two, finds a new report, which calls for the entitlement for ...

The announced investment in Best Start Centres only adds to the argument for a full reinstatement of the better-funded Sure ...

Childminders are restricting the number of three- and four-year-old funded places they offer, or withdrawing from offering the provision entirely, finds a new survey.

Why ‘psychological safety’ impacts safeguarding in the early years. By Pennie Akehurst, managing director of Early Years ...