The Coalition Government will inject £100m capital funding to support the delivery of new nursery and childminder places. Two in five of the country’s two-year-olds will be eligible for 15 hours of free early years education per week by September 2014. This will help ensure that children are better prepared for school and will [...]
What is the commitment to an integrated review? On18 July 2011, DfE and DH jointly published Supporting Families in the Foundation Years (FitFY) which sets out their vision for the system of services to support parents, children and families in the foundation years starting from pregnancy until a child’s fifth birthday. FitFY includes a [...]
On 19 June the Prime Minister announced a review of childcare looking at how to reduce the costs for working families, and burdens on childcare providers, without compromising the safety or quality of provision. 4Children are working with the Department for Education and the Department for Work and Pensions to help inform them on this [...]
Sarah Teather, Minister for Children and Families, has today launched a consultation, Extending Free Early Education to More Two-year-olds, calling for views on the second phase of the roll out of free early education to around 40 per cent of two-year-old children from September 2014 – some 300,000 children. Two-year-olds from families who [...]
The revised framework, effective from September 2012, takes forward the Government’s reforms to the 2008 framework as recommended in the 2011 Tickell Review. The reforms will: reduce paperwork and bureaucracy; strengthen partnerships between parents and professionals; focus on the three prime areas of learning most essential for children’s readiness for future learning and healthy development; detail the [...]
After the positive response to the top ten most frequently asked questions the foundation years team have collated the different myths about the new EYFS and provided simple answers to help dispel them. Myth: The new EYFS will do nothing to reduce the amount of paperwork involved Fact: The new EYFS will [...]
