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Government announces intent to work with local authorities towards meeting targets to improve ‘school-readiness'

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Jul 7, 2025
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New measures will be introduced to help the government meet its ‘school-readiness’ targets, education secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced in a speech.Read more

Around 4,000 school-based nursery places to be created from September, government says

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Jun 30, 2025
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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.  Read more

Government early years policy at risk of “embedding inequality”, Alliance CEO warns

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Jun 27, 2025
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Alliance CEO says current government policy is a risk of undermining its aim to ‘break down barriers to opportunity’ at the earliest possible opportunityRead more

New report reveals private equity backed nurseries contributing to ‘care deserts’ in poorer areas

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Jun 27, 2025
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UCL research find that low early education and childcare availability in England’s most deprived areas is inhibiting choice and qualityRead more

IFS warns popularity of early years entitlements could leave spending much higher than initially forecast

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Jun 26, 2025
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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)Read more

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