/rss/news en /news/2025/06/around-4000-school-based-nursery-places-be-created-september-government-says <a href="/news/2025/06/around-4000-school-based-nursery-places-be-created-september-government-says"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_188499421_0.jpeg?itok=D5XxStaE" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/around-4000-school-based-nursery-places-be-created-september-government-says">Around 4,000 school-based nursery places to be created from September, government says </a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 30, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>Roughly 4,000 new early years places will be delivered across 200 new or expanded school-based nurseries from this September, the government has announced.  <a href="/news/2025/06/around-4000-school-based-nursery-places-be-created-september-government-says" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:49:07 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160191 at /news/2025/06/government-early-years-policy-risk-%E2%80%9Cembedding-inequality%E2%80%9D-alliance-ceo-warns <a href="/news/2025/06/government-early-years-policy-risk-%E2%80%9Cembedding-inequality%E2%80%9D-alliance-ceo-warns"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/neil_leitch_0.jpg?itok=IX9M_n0e" width="147" height="220" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/government-early-years-policy-risk-%E2%80%9Cembedding-inequality%E2%80%9D-alliance-ceo-warns">Government early years policy at risk of “embedding inequality”, Alliance CEO warns</a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 27, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>Alliance CEO says current government policy is a risk of undermining its aim to ‘break down barriers to opportunity’ at the earliest possible opportunity<a href="/news/2025/06/government-early-years-policy-risk-%E2%80%9Cembedding-inequality%E2%80%9D-alliance-ceo-warns" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:05:13 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160186 at /news/2025/06/new-report-reveals-private-equity-backed-nurseries-contributing-%E2%80%98care-deserts%E2%80%99-poorer <a href="/news/2025/06/new-report-reveals-private-equity-backed-nurseries-contributing-%E2%80%98care-deserts%E2%80%99-poorer"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_351862768_1.jpeg?itok=X_Mc-5HV" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/new-report-reveals-private-equity-backed-nurseries-contributing-%E2%80%98care-deserts%E2%80%99-poorer">New report reveals private equity backed nurseries contributing to ‘care deserts’ in poorer areas</a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 27, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>UCL research find that low early education and childcare availability in England’s most deprived areas is inhibiting choice and quality<a href="/news/2025/06/new-report-reveals-private-equity-backed-nurseries-contributing-%E2%80%98care-deserts%E2%80%99-poorer" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:48:14 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160181 at /news/2025/06/ifs-warns-popularity-early-years-entitlements-could-leave-spending-much-higher <a href="/news/2025/06/ifs-warns-popularity-early-years-entitlements-could-leave-spending-much-higher"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_503943711.jpeg?itok=uND2F4jE" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/ifs-warns-popularity-early-years-entitlements-could-leave-spending-much-higher">IFS warns popularity of early years entitlements could leave spending much higher than initially forecast </a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 26, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>Government spending could be higher than expected if current levels of take-up for the early years entitlement remain, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)<a href="/news/2025/06/ifs-warns-popularity-early-years-entitlements-could-leave-spending-much-higher" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:20:05 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160176 at /news/2025/06/alliance-publishes-new-essay-collection-supporting-children-and-families-most-need <a href="/news/2025/06/alliance-publishes-new-essay-collection-supporting-children-and-families-most-need"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_587188876.jpeg?itok=uOXSLBPa" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/alliance-publishes-new-essay-collection-supporting-children-and-families-most-need">Alliance publishes new essay collection on supporting children and families most in need</a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 25, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>The Early Years Alliance has published an essay collection entitled <i>No child left behind</i><a href="/news/2025/06/alliance-publishes-new-essay-collection-supporting-children-and-families-most-need" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:01:23 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160171 at /news/2025/06/new-analysis-estimates-funding-needed-improve-early-years-quality-and-inclusion <a href="/news/2025/06/new-analysis-estimates-funding-needed-improve-early-years-quality-and-inclusion"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_455265925.jpeg?itok=jtxXYleB" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/new-analysis-estimates-funding-needed-improve-early-years-quality-and-inclusion">New analysis estimates funding needed to improve early years quality and inclusion </a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 17, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>New analysis conducted by London Economics and commissioned by charity Save the Children has modelled the cost of various changes to the current early years model which, if implemented, could “improve inclusion and quality” in the sector<a href="/news/2025/06/new-analysis-estimates-funding-needed-improve-early-years-quality-and-inclusion" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:56:41 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160111 at /news/2025/06/new-national-nanny-register-launched-raise-standards-and-improve-safety <a href="/news/2025/06/new-national-nanny-register-launched-raise-standards-and-improve-safety"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_523372745.jpeg?itok=rHRC7H3i" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/new-national-nanny-register-launched-raise-standards-and-improve-safety">New national nanny register launched to raise standards and improve safety</a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 17, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>A voluntary national register of nannies has been launched by the National Nanny Association (NNA)<a href="/news/2025/06/new-national-nanny-register-launched-raise-standards-and-improve-safety" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:04:49 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160156 at /news/2025/06/alliance-calls-ban-schools-closing-pvi-early-years-settings-take-government-school <a href="/news/2025/06/alliance-calls-ban-schools-closing-pvi-early-years-settings-take-government-school"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_1235112007.jpeg?itok=NgaoPr20" width="220" height="151" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/alliance-calls-ban-schools-closing-pvi-early-years-settings-take-government-school">Alliance calls for ban on schools closing PVI early years settings to take up government school-based nursery funding </a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 17, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>Primary schools that have forced private, voluntary or independent (PVI) early years settings to leave their premises to apply for school-based nursery funding should not be allowed to participate in the government scheme, the Early Years...<a href="/news/2025/06/alliance-calls-ban-schools-closing-pvi-early-years-settings-take-government-school" class="more-link">Read more</a></p></div> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:39:21 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160101 at /news/2025/06/new-early-education-and-childcare-coalition-research-reveals-impact-rising-early-years <a href="/news/2025/06/new-early-education-and-childcare-coalition-research-reveals-impact-rising-early-years"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_96380211.jpeg?itok=bl4A09IR" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/new-early-education-and-childcare-coalition-research-reveals-impact-rising-early-years">New Early Education and Childcare Coalition research reveals impact of rising early years costs on families</a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 10, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>A third of parents have quit their job or considered quitting in the past twelve months due to cost of early education and childcare<a href="/news/2025/06/new-early-education-and-childcare-coalition-research-reveals-impact-rising-early-years" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:46:24 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160076 at /news/2025/06/early-years-settings-cap-funded-hours-september-cut-costs-new-poll-finds <a href="/news/2025/06/early-years-settings-cap-funded-hours-september-cut-costs-new-poll-finds"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/news/featured_image/adobestock_175709540_0.jpeg?itok=SsolQY7Q" width="220" height="137" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="/news/2025/06/early-years-settings-cap-funded-hours-september-cut-costs-new-poll-finds">Early years settings to cap funded hours from September to cut costs, new poll finds </a></h2><div class="field--name-post-date"><div class="label-inline">On</div>Jun 10, 2025</div><div class="field field-name-field-tags"><div class="label-inline">Categories:&nbsp;</div><a href="/tags/under-5-news">Under 5 news</a></div><div class="field field-name-body"><p>One in 10 early years settings in England warn they are at risk of closure in the next two years due to rising costs<a href="/news/2025/06/early-years-settings-cap-funded-hours-september-cut-costs-new-poll-finds" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:34:29 +0000 jessica.gibson_EYA 160071 at