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A study from Ofcom has found that under-fives are spending more than four hours a day in front of a screen, and that, overall, children are spending more time online than watching television.

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The report found that...Read more

The London School of Economics and the University of Oxford have today released a report claiming that children that spend more time in early years provision have better social and everyday skills.

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The report ‘The...Read more

The latest early years dataset from Ofsted has shown an increase in the proportion of providers achieving ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ ratings from 86% to 91%, as at 31 August this year.

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Neil Leitch, chief executive at...Read more

Neil Leitch, chief executive at the Pre-school Learning Alliance, has criticised today’s Good Morning Britain report titled, ‘Are nurseries safe?’

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The report investigated the overall safety of early years settings...Read more

The Alliance has called on the Department for Education to publish externally-commissioned research from Deloitte – used in the ‘Review of childcare costs: the analytical report’ in November 2015 – following a ruling from the Information...Read more

‘The cost and funding of early education’ report – part of the DfE’s Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) project – is still awaiting publication.

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The report was commissioned to economic consultancy...Read more

The government has concluded its consultation into the 30-hours scheme and, having considered the responses, has said it will extend the hours over which the funded hours can be delivered, to between 6am and 8pm (increased from between 7am and...Read more

Caroline Dinenage, early years minister, has today announced that the DfE has launched a consultation on the literacy and numeracy skills needed by early years staff.

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The consultation is design to support the...Read more

Early years minister Caroline Dinenage has revealed that the DfE will publish an evaluation of the 30-hours pilot scheme next summer.

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In a response to a parliamentary question on 2nd November, Caroline confirmed...Read more

Save the Children has today released a report which found that children attending a high quality nursery with an early years teacher are almost 10% more likely to reach the expected level of development at age five.

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