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IFS annual education spending report reveals 9% real-terms funding fall for early years in 2022-23

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Government spending on the early years sector in 2022-23 has dropped by almost 9% in real terms, according to an annual report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)Read more

Local authority funding rates confirmed for early years entitlement expansion

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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

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Proposals given go ahead after Ofsted public consultation response

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Ofsted has stated that four proposals put forward in a public consultation about its post-inspection arrangements will be implemented throughout 2024Read more
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无码天堂 CEO pens open letter criticising government delays in confirming early years funding rates

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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

Ongoing early years staffing challenge highlighted in Ofsted鈥檚 annual report

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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

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