Ofsted Self Evaluation Forms are no longer needed. The Ofsted SEF or self-evaluation form, as produced by Ofsted are longer a requirement for Early Years Providers. This is great news, although many providers…
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Children and Young People Now have published the latest from the government in doubling free universal childcare entitlement. The government is to fast-track legislation to double free universal childcare entitlement to 30 hours…
As the summer holidays become a memory in 2013 we have brightened our Autumn reading by installing and loading a fresh new design and layout for ChangeThinking, the news and reflection website for…
An interesting report from The Social Market Foundation explores a new way to support the affordability of formal childcare for working parents. It is based on a similar approach to the student loans…
25th Anniversary Lecture Daycare Trust “Don’t blame families, support them and help them to achieve better outcomes.” Sir James Heckman By special invitation from Daycare Trust, the leading economist and Nobel Prize winner,…
The increase in the free entitlement from 12.5 hrs to 15 hrs a week (when delivered in term time) is already being implemented in some local authorities. Its intention is to improve access…