The Department for Education today confirmed long-awaited council funding rates for the early years entitlement expansion, due to come into effect in April 2024Read more
Ofsted has stated that four proposals put forward in a public consultation about its post-inspection arrangements will be implemented throughout 2024Read more
Government delays in confirming the upcoming funding rates for the new one- and two-year-old early entitlement offers are 鈥減utting the entire policy at risk鈥Read more
Ofsted's latest annual report states that聽the ongoing recruitment and retention challenges in the early years sector are putting the quality of early years provision at...Read more
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the national living wage will increase from 拢10.42 to 拢11.44 in April 2024 鈥 a near 10% increase 鈥 and extend to 21- and 22-year-oldsRead more