Since the expansion of the entitlement scheme was announced in last year’s budget, the opening of the £600 start up grant in November and in the run up to the first phase of the expansion in April this year, PACEY has been inundated with requests to support...
Ofsted chief will put disadvantaged children first, as he launches ‘Big Listen’ to hear from parents and professionals. Ofsted’s new Chief Inspector will pledge to put the interests of disadvantaged children at the heart of future reforms, as he launches a major...
Today, in the Spring Budget, the Government confirmed plans to increase the annual funding to the early years sector (estimated to be up to £500m). This increase will be based on a trackable indexing mechanism to ensure fees are in line with general inflation (CPI),...
Public Health Wales’ Health Protection Team provide specialist public health advice on infectious disease control and deliver an All Wales Acute Response Service known as AWARe. The AWARe/ health protection team have recently launched their own Health...
Today the DfE published it’s guidance for schools and trusts on their role in providing wraparound childcare to children of primary school age in England. This guidance outlines the role of schools and trusts and is designed to support both, regardless of their...
A new national recruitment campaign has been launched in England by the Department of Education today across TV, cinema, online, radio and out of home advertising to encourage people to start a career working with small children ahead of the first phase of the largest...
