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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

Local authority funding rates for the early years entitlement from March 2025 to April 2026 have been set, the government has confirmed.Read more

A new £75 million grant, alongside an increase in Early Years Pupil Premium funding rates, has been announced by the Department for Education (DfE) today.Read more

The expansion of government-funded early years places currently underway across England is at risk of not delivering for poorer families, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Save the Children.Read more

Focusing on disadvantaged and vulnerable children at the earliest stage in life is a key priority for аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø¿ª½±, the inspectorate announced today in its annual report. Read more

Improving outcomes in the early years is a key part of the government’s long-term plan to deliver change, the prime minister announced today in a speech.  Read more

Tackling food poverty in the early years should be a priority of the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce, a new report by the education thinktank Education Policy Institute (EPI) has argued. Read more