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Children in England’s most deprived areas are less likely to achieve development goals by the age of five, according to a report by the aid agency UNICEF UKRead more

Any changes to government policy on online safety and digital literacy must include a focus on children in the early years, three leading early years professional bodies have warned. Read more

Up to 20,000 more children are set to benefit from earlier targeted support for speech and language challenges, according to the Department for Education (DfE)Read more

A new report launched by BookTrust and author Frank Cottrell-Boyce is calling on national and local leaders to make reading part of daily life for every child in their first seven yearsRead more

Sure Start centres had a “remarkably long-lasting” positive impact on the health and education outcomes of children who had access to a centre in their early years, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)Read more

High poverty rates, increasing food prices and the poor nutritional content of commercial baby and toddler foods are some of the core barriers to good nutrition in the early years, according to a new report by The Food Foundation.Read more

Ofsted has today published new research and analysis around the ways in which early education and childcare can be optimised across local areas. Read more

The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a new consultation on Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) floor space requirements. Read more

Applications for the next phase of the early entitlement expansion – where families of eligible children who will be at least nine months old by September can apply to access 30 hours of funded early years provision a week – opens today. Read more