I spent some time over the weekend thinking about news reports and discussions I recently had with colleagues in the early years’ world. In the past few weeks we have seen calls for a stronger emphasis on language skills for children in reception classes, discussions regarding the definition to be used to describe child poverty,…
Category: politics and legislation
Queen’s Speech and Childcare
In the Queens Speech last week it was announced that the Government are to double the free childcare entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds from 15 to 30 hour per week for 38 weeks of the year, from 2017. However, it was announced today that a pilot programme will commence in 2016. The current…