by Rose Porter | Dec 10, 2025 | News
On 9 December 2025, Ka Lai Brightley-Hodges (Head of Coram PACEY) gave evidence to the Education Committee’s inquiry into the early years sector in England. Ka Lai gave evidence on key issues facing the sector, including: The recruitment and retention crisis facing...
by Rose Porter | Dec 2, 2025 | News
Today (2 December) Ofsted published its annual report 2024/25 looking across early years, schools and further education, children’s social care and skills in England. Disadvantage and access Ofsted has introduced a measure of access to childcare, showing that access...
by Rose Porter | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog
Rose Porter, Public Policy Manager at Coram PACEY At Coram PACEY, we champion home-based childcare and early education, including the vital work of nannies. While recent government policy in England has rightly sharpened the focus on early education and childcare for...
by Rose Porter | Nov 26, 2025 | News
 Today (26 November) the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the Budget 2025, outlining the state of the economy and announcing the government’s changes to the tax system and public spending for the year ahead. Minimum wage increases (England and Wales) From April...
by Rose Porter | Nov 24, 2025 | Blog
Ka Lai Brightley-Hodges, Head of Coram PACEY The childminder decline in England Last week, Ofsted released the latest data on registered childminders showing the loss of 1,001 childminders in England between August 2024 and August 2025 – a decline of 4%. Given...
