Early Years
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Parliamentary Answers
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Dec 6 2011
Average hourly cost of childcare by child care provider and by region (England), 2010.
Oct 10 2011
Allocation of the Early Intervention Grant, within which funding for children's centres is included: 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Oct 10 2011
Number of Ofsted registered places in full day care and sessional settings by ownership: 2005 - 2010.
Sep 15 2011
Number of childcare services (childminder, full-day childcare and out-of-school daycare) opening and closing each financial year 2005/6 - 2010/11.
Sep 14 2011
Inspections of child care providers between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2011 by local authority areas of deprivation.
Jul 4 2011
Number of concerns or complaints received against childcare providers in England that Ofsted looked into in 2010/11
May 10 2011
Average hourly fees charged by childcare providers (by region) - 2008
May 9 2011
Number of children attending childcare and early years provision in 2003 and 2009
May 9 2011
Children aged under five years attending various types of childcare settings by region (2009)
May 9 2011
Children of any age attending childminders by region (2009)
Apr 5 2011
Number of children's centres in England, 2010 and 2011
Mar 31 2011
Funding allocated to local authorities for Sure Start, 1998 - 2011
Mar 30 2011
Funding allocations for Sure Start Children's Centres, 2010/11
Mar 22 2011
Departmental funding allocations for children's programmes in 2008-09, 2009-10-and 2010-11.
Mar 10 2011
Take up of free early education for three and four year olds, 2010
Mar 9 2011
Funding for Sure Start programme, 2010 - 13
Mar 8 2011
Funding for free early education places for two, three and four-year-olds, 2011 - 15
Mar 4 2011
Proportion of staff of each gender in the childcare and early years workforce, England, 2008.
Feb 10 2011
Amount of free nursery education for disadvantaged children aged two years, 2011 - 13
Dec 21 2010
Number of Sure Start Centres in England,2010, and how many have been established in each region in England since 2003.
Dec 9 2010
Funding for pre school education
Nov 18 2010
Percentage of three and four-year-olds receiving the entitlement to free early years provision, broken down by family income, family type and work status, 2009.
Oct 4 2010
Number of children's centres that have been opened in England since 1997.
Jul 20 2010
Number of pupils in pupil referral units with special educational needs (SEN) without a statement by age, in England, by local authority, Jan 2010
Jul 19 2010
Number of pupils in pupil referral units by age in England, by local authority, Jan 2010
Apr 8 2010
Funds given to the 'Letters and Sounds' programme of primary education, 2006-08.
Mar 30 2010
Number of Sure Start children's centres in each region and local authority area, 2009 - 10
Feb 25 2010
Amount spent on nursery entitlement for three and four year olds since 1997
Jan 26 2010
Funding for Free Early Learning and Childcare support for most disadvantaged two year olds, 2008 - 11
Jan 13 2010
Number of maintained nurseries that have closed, with reasons, 2005 - 08
Dec 15 2009
Government support for local authorities to plan and deliver their children's centre programmes, 2006 -11
Dec 14 2009
Number of out of school clubs for children under eight years of age, 2004 - 08, England
Dec 14 2009
Number of Sure Start Children's Centres in each local authority area, 2009
Dec 9 2009
Number of child care places available in England, 1997 - 2009 .
Dec 2 2009
Sex of childminders in England, 1998 - 2008
Dec 1 2009
Provision of facilities for multiple-birth children in early years settings, swimming pools, playgrounds
Dec 1 2009
Funding allocated to local authorities for free entitlement to early education for every three and four-year-old, 2008 - 11
Oct 29 2009
Number of pupils being taught in primary schools with over 800 pupils in 1997 and 2009.
Oct 29 2009
Number of fixed period exclusions in primary schools by age and reason for exclusion, 2007/08.
Jul 13 2009
Number of nurseries that have opened and closed, as at 31 March each year, England 2006-08.
Jul 7 2009
Money allocated for the Sure Start programme, 2008-11.
Jun 23 2009
Number of Sure Start Centres in England, April 2009
Jun 9 2009
Qualifications of child care staff across all types of providers
Jun 3 2009
Ofsted's expenditure on inspection of schools and inspection and regulation of nurseries and other pre-school provision, 1997 - 2008
Jun 1 2009
Number and proportion of maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools with fewer than 1%,10 %, 20 % and 30 % full-time equivalent qualified male teachers, England, 1997 and 2008,
Mar 26 2009
Number and percentage of mainstream schools with pupils with special educational needs with statements, by local authority area, 2008
Mar 16 2009
Expenditure on the provision of education for pupils with special educational needs in England for 2008-09:
Mar 11 2009
Amount of usage of the free entitlement to child care by two, three and four year olds, 2008
Mar 10 2009
Number and percentage of childcare providers that have opened and closed, position as at each quarter , England 2008
Mar 10 2009
Judgements on the overall quality grades from inspections of registered childcare that have a postcode match with identified sure start centres, 2003 - 08
Mar 10 2009
Funding allocated for training of early years workforce, 2008 - 11
Mar 3 2009
Number and proportion of children attending child care and early years providers by age , England, 2005 - 07
Mar 3 2009
Delivery of free early education entitlement for three and four year-olds from 12.5 hours to 15 hours a week in all local authorities, by September 2010.
Mar 3 2009
Number of new Sure Start centres designated in each month in (a) 2007 and (b) 2006.
Feb 12 2009
Proportion of staff in child care settings qualified to at least Level 2
Feb 10 2009
Number of vacant places for children at child care and early years providers, by region, England, 2005 - 07
Feb 10 2009
Numbers of child care provider staff with at least a level three qualification who work in areas of deprivation, England, 2006 - 07
Feb 10 2009
Numbers and proportion of early years settings deemed inadequate by Ofsted, identifying areas of deprivation, 2008
Feb 5 2009
Number of childcare settings that have ceased operating permanently in each quarter, 2003 - 08
Feb 5 2009
Number and percentage of child care providers in England that have opened and closed, 2007 - 08
Feb 5 2009
Average number of vacant places per childcare setting in England, by type of provision, and by region, 2005 - 07
Feb 3 2009
Number and proportion of vacancies in nursery schools, 2006 and 2007
Jan 29 2009
Aims and progress made by the Every Child a Reader and Every Child Counts programmes.
Jan 28 2009
Turnover of staff at child care and early years education providers, 2007.
Jan 28 2009
Number of staff working for childcare providers, 2001-07.
Jan 28 2009
Funding provided for training childcare staff to level three.
Jan 27 2009
Number of children attending child care and early years care providers, broken down by age-group, in 2007.
Jan 26 2009
Number of schools providing access to the full core offer of extended services (day care) in England, by local authority, from January 2009.
Jan 22 2009
Number of new Sure Start Children's Centres designated each month throughout 2008.
Jan 21 2009
Number of full-time equivalent teachers employed in local authority maintained nursery/primary schools in the North East and England, January 1997 to 2008.
Jan 14 2009
AimHigher projects are focused primarily on primary school pupils.
Jan 14 2009
Aims of the Quality and Access Capital Grant.
Dec 18 2008
Child care places for children under eight years of age by type of care in each Government office region in Engand, 2008
Dec 11 2008
Percentage of male and female staff by type of setting in pre-school and primary education, 2007
Dec 9 2008
Number of schools providing access to the full core offer of extended services in England.
Nov 19 2008
Inspection gradings for Children Act inspections of full day care providers, broken down by sector
Nov 18 2008
Number and proportion of early years settings found to be (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) inadequate by Ofsted since September 2008
Nov 11 2008
National occupancy rates for different types of child care providers from 2005 to 2007
Oct 6 2008
Number of children in England who took up free nursery places in each quarter in each year since the scheme was introduced.
Jul 9 2008
Which local authorities receive Sure Start funding; and which have children's centres not based in wards among the 20 per cent. most deprived of all wards
Jul 1 2008
Average hourly pay of staff working in childcare and early years providers.
Jul 1 2008
Proportion of full day care providers trying to recruit for vacancies, by staff type and ownership, 2006
Jun 30 2008
Number of child care places by ownership of the provision in 2006 and number of vacancies in child care and early years providers in 2006
Jun 19 2008
Total expenditure on under fives in nursery schools, primary schools and the private, voluntary and independent sectors, 2001 - 08
Jun 16 2008
Guidance notes issued to Sure Start Children's Centres, 2003 - 8
Jun 13 2008
Number and proportion of full day care providers by type of ownership, from 2001
Jun 12 2008
Expenditure by local authorities on Sure Start Children's Centres each year since 2001
Jun 10 2008
Total spending in each year since the Sure Start programme was established (1999- 2007)
Jun 6 2008
Expansion of Sure Start projects to areas that do not have access to this service.
Jun 4 2008
Cost of extending the universal early years entitlement of 12.5 hours a week to 2 year olds
Jun 4 2008
Cost of increasing the universal early years entitlement to 20 hours a week
Jun 4 2008
Pre-School Education: Per Capita Costs
Jun 4 2008
Number of three and four year-olds taking up or benefiting from early education places
May 15 2008
Capital and revenue spending in each year since the Sure Start programme was established.
May 9 2008
Number and proportion of children in care aged three and above and below three attended daycare nursery in each of the last 10 years.
May 6 2008
Number of nursery schools opened and closed in each of the last 10 years.
May 1 2008
Number and proportion of childcare staff in England with childcare qualifications which were obtained overseas.
May 1 2008
Number of children aged under one, one year old, two years old, three years old, four years old, five years old and more than five years old attended children's centres in each year.
Apr 30 2008
Percentage of paid staff in nurseries holding at least a Level 5 qualification: 2006
Apr 29 2008
Number and proportion of child care places in England by the type of ownership , 2006
Apr 28 2008
How much the DCFS has spent in developing the early years foundation stage profile.
Apr 21 2008
Average number of hours worked per week by staff in child care and early years provision in maintained schools
Apr 21 2008
Number of private, voluntary and independent providers delivering a free early education to three and four-year-olds, 2004 - 07
Apr 21 2008
Number of nurseries opening and closing since 2003
Mar 26 2008
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The cost of Bookstart has been since the programme began; how many books have been purchased under the scheme to date;
How many books purchased under the Bookstart programme have been (a) delivered to and (b) collected by parents; and how many are awaiting collection.
Mar 26 2008
Cost of production and distribution of the Children’s Plan Toolkit
Mar 12 2008
Assessment of the quality of childcare and early years education in (a) deprived areas and (b) affluent areas
Feb 26 2008
Funding provided to each local education authority to provide free nursery education for three and four-year-olds between 2003-06
Feb 7 2008
Number of child care and early years workers who have qualifications of a standard of less than NVQ Level 3
Feb 5 2008
Amount of public spending on Sure Start, early years and childcare allocated in each of the next three years
Jan 29 2008
How many three and four-year-old children are entitled to free nursery places in each local authority area and how many such places are available in each local authority.
Jan 29 2008
Average staff complement of a Sure Start centre in each of the last five years and what proportion of Sure Start centre staff had qualifications accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority at (a) level 6, (b) level 3 and (c) level 1 or 2 only over the period
Jan 16 2008
Number of three and four-year-olds taking up or benefiting from early education places for the years 2004-07.
Nov 19 2007
Number of Phase 1, 2 and 3 Sure Start centres there are and are planned in each local education authority.
Nov 19 2007
Expenditure on Sure Start in 2006-07 and how much has been allocated to the programme in 2007-08.
Jul 19 2007
Number of Sure Start children's centres from 1996 - 2007
Jul 12 2007
Proportion of young children (a) in each Sure Start Local Programme area and (b) in England living in households in which no-one was working
Jul 3 2007
Cost of the Sure Start programme in each year since it began.
Jun 28 2007
Funding allocated to Sure Start, child care and early years in each of the last three financial years.
May 24 2007
Spending on early years 2006-2008
May 17 2007
Spending on early years
May 16 2007
Spending on early years education
Apr 30 2007
Spending on pre school education from 1989 to 2006
Apr 23 2007
Children's Centres opened 2003 - 2007
Apr 16 2007
Early years places 1997 - 2006
Mar 28 2007
Numbers of Sure Start Centres opening and closing 2006 -7
Mar 22 2007
Nurseries: Qualifications - What plans he has to increase the number of individuals possessing level three and level two qualifications for running play and child care groups.
Mar 22 2007
Spending on early year provision to 2006
Mar 22 2007
Spending on training for early year staff
Mar 20 2007
Child care places in Childrens' Centres
Mar 19 2007
Nurseries: Teaching Methods - What assessment he has made of the implications for funding for nurseries of the implementation of phonics under the Children Act 2006.
Mar 19 2007
Funding for early years education and phonics
Mar 15 2007
Evaluation of Sure Start
Mar 15 2007
Cost of childrens centres
Mar 14 2007
Placement of under 8s 2006
Mar 14 2007
Spending on training for early years staff
Mar 12 2007
Spending on Sure Start centres
Mar 9 2007
Nurseries - How many day nurseries have (a) closed and (b) opened since 2003, broken down by (i) private, voluntary and independent and (ii) maintained nurseries.
Mar 9 2007
Occupancy and number of nurseries and closures
Mar 8 2007
Funding for early years provision
Mar 8 2007
Funding for early years provision
Mar 5 2007
Curriculum: Expenditure - How much and what proportion of the £3 billion allocated to the foundation stage curriculum has been (a) allocated and (b) spent on (i) Sure Start, (ii) children's centres and (iii) nursery provision.
Mar 5 2007
Spending on Sure Start and Early Years
Jan 19 2007
Children's Centre - (1) which organisations are responsible for maintaining each children's centre in England; (2) how many children's centres in England are managed by (a) public sector organisations, (b) voluntary sector providers, (c) independent providers and (d) other providers.
Jan 15 2007
Early Years Care - (1) what estimate he has made of the expected cost to the Exchequer of extending the entitlement to free nursery care for all three and four-year-olds from 12.5 hours per week to (a) 15 and (b) 20 hours per week for 38 weeks; (2) what estimate he has made of the expected cost to the Exchequer of extending the entitlement to free…
Dec 13 2006
Child Care - How many child care places have (a) opened and (b) closed since 2003.
Dec 6 2006
Child Care - (1) how many Sure Start children's centres there are; and what progress has been made towards the 2008 target of 2,500 centres; (2) how many children's centres were established in 2005-06; how many are forecast to be established in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; how many children's places were available in 2005-06;
Dec 6 2006
Sure Start 6 Dec 2006 How much Government funding has been spent on Sure Start since 2 May 1997; how many children have participated in the scheme during that period; and how many were participating in the scheme in the most recent period for which figures are available
Dec 6 2006
Child Care 6 Dec 2006 What the occupancy rates for places in day nurseries were in each year since 2001.
Nov 29 2006
Nursery Education - On what basis nursery providers can choose to opt out of the provisions in the Childcare Act 2006 that requires providers caring for children up to age five to register on the Early Years register and deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage; and what the consequences are for the providers opting out.
Nov 28 2006
Nursery Education - To list the 20 Pathfinders that have been identified to pilot the code of practice on the provision of free nursery education places for three and four-year-olds.
Oct 23 2006
Nursery Education - What percentage of nursery schools is (a) state-funded, (b) voluntary and (c) private; and if he will make a statement.
Jul 5 2006
Children's Cents: How many children's centres there are in each local authority area in England?
May 17 2006
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Primary Initiatives How many education initiatives have there been in primary education since 1997?
May 3 2006
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Bookstart (1) what is the cost of Bookstart since the programme began; and how many books have been purchased so far under the scheme; (2) how many books have been (a) delivered to and (b) collected by parents under the Bookstart scheme; and how many are awaiting collection?
Apr 26 2006
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start - What is the average expenditure per child in Sure Start schemes in each year since 2001–02; what the average expenditure planned for each year to 2009–10?
Mar 29 2006
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Nursery Education How many schools providing nursery education have been put into special measures in each year for which figures are available?
Mar 20 2006
Written Answers — Education and Skills: SureStart - How much has been spent on (a) Sure Start and Children's Fund regional teams and (b) the Sure Start task force in each year since 1999; and what the estimated expenditure is for the next three years?
Mar 16 2006
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Child Car- What child care services the additional capital investment in (a) 2006–07 and (b) 2007–08 will fund?
Mar 7 2006
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Day Nurseries- How many day nurseries have (a) closed and (b) opened since 2003?
Nov 1 2005
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Child Care: How many child care places were available in each of the past 30 years.
Jun 13 2005
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start how many second phase Sure Start's children's centres are planned in each local authority during 2006–08; and how much funding will be provided to each local authority for this purpose.
Mar 24 2005
Written Answers — Early Years Care: what Government funding the National Family and Parenting Institute received in each of the last five years; and what her policy is on the role preventative relationship education should have in the publicly-funded work of the institute.
Mar 24 2005
Written Answers — Early Years Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will take steps to support private and voluntary early years care providers in the development of the skills of their care staff
Mar 22 2005
Written Answers Sure Start: how many child care places have been created by the Sure Start Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative in each year that the scheme has been in operation.
Mar 3 2005
Sure Start - House of Commons Hansard Written Answers - To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what definition she uses of children's centres; and what steps areas with no history of Sure Start or Neighbourhood Nurseries can take to set up children's centres - Margaret Hodge
Jan 3 2005
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Nov 18 2004
Number of free nursery education places taken up by 3 and 4-year-olds, England, 1997 and 2003
Nov 18 2004
Number of children expected to benefit from changes in baseline spending on (a) nursery education and (b) Sure Start in 2007–08.
Nov 18 2004
Availability of nursery places for (a) three-year-olds and (b) four-year-olds in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004
Nov 18 2004
Extension of Sure Start and participation
Oct 4 2004
Effective Provision of Pre-School Education project research results
Oct 4 2004
Number of day nurseries and places in England 1999 to 2001
Sep 7 2004
Children's Information Services in England
Sep 1 2004
Funding for Sure Start
Apr 26 2004
Early years Funding 26/04/2004 Funding for Sure Start and Children’s centres
Apr 26 2004
Early years Funding Typical weekly cost of a fulltime nursery place and children’s centre place
Apr 22 2004
Number of registered childcare places by type of provider England 1997–2003—Position at 31 March each year.
Apr 19 2004
19/04/2004 Funding for nursery education
Mar 11 2004
Number of pre-schools in England
Mar 8 2004
Funding for nursery education, providers and places 2002-2003
Mar 2 2004
Number of staff in pre schools
Jan 21 2004
Number of Sure Start schemes are operating in England; and how many of these are community-led schemes.
Jan 19 2004
Funding for teacher training places available in the 2004/05 academic year for trainees with an early years specialism.
Jan 6 2004
Direct grants specifically for early years programmes 2003 – 4
Jan 6 2004
Numbers expected to receive Sure Start funding
Statistical First Releases
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Dec 1 2011
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) assessments at national and local authority level, 2011
Jun 22 2011
Education provision for children under five including numbers benefitting from early years education, January 2011.
Dec 16 2010
Foundation Stage Profile Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England, 2009/10
Jun 17 2010
DfE: Numbers of Sure Start Children's Centres - as at April 2010
Jun 10 2010
Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England - January 2010
May 13 2010
Neighbourhood Statistics - Small Area Early Years Foundation Stage Profile, National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent and Post 16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England, 2009
Jan 28 2010
DCSF: Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2008/09
Oct 14 2009
DCSF: Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Results in England, 2008/09
Jun 16 2009
DCSF: Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England - January 2009
Sep 18 2008
DCSF: Foundation Stage Profile Results in England, 2007/08
This contains national and local authority level results for the Foundation Stage Profile (FSP) assessments for 2008 and will show the percentage of children achieving each point on the 13 FSP assessment scales. For the second time, the Statistical Release will show the extent of the inequality gap in attainment between children resident in the most deprived areas and the rest of England.
May 29 2008
DCSF: Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2008
This includes data on the numbers of three and four year old children benefiting from some free early years education.
Aug 31 2006
3 Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January006 - The SFR contains information on numbers of three and four year olds taking up early education places at maintained nursery and primary schools, private and voluntary providers and independent schools. The SFR will also include an additional table showing the take-up of free nursery education places by local authority area.
Apr 27 2006
Contains provisional national figures on numbers of three and four year olds taking early education places at maintained nursery and primary schools, private and voluntary providers and independent schools
Feb 16 2006
Foundation stage profile results showing the percentage of children achieving each point on the 13 FSP assessment scales.
Sep 29 2005
Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2005 (Final) The SFR contains information on numbers of three and four year olds taking up early education places at maintained nursery and primary schools, private and voluntary providers and independent schools. The SFR will also include an additional table showing the take-up of free nursery education places by Local Authority. area.
Aug 25 2005
Birth to School Study: A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) 1998-2005 Research Information The Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) is a birth to 5 intervention programme that aims to improve the life chances of children from a disadvantaged area of Oxford by raising their educational achievement.
Apr 28 2005
Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2005 (Provisional)
Oct 28 2004
Early Years Childcare and Playwork Workforce Development Research Information This Workforce Development Survey for workers in Early Years and Playwork settings was a review of the training needs of all workers in the field, including managers and supervisors. It covered both full time and sessional workers.
Oct 28 2004
Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2004 (Final) This SFR updates the information provided in SFR 15/2004 "Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2004 (Provisional)". The SFR contains information on provision for children under five years of age in the private, voluntary, independent and maintained sectors. The figures for Table 1 for 2004 were marked, in error, as provisional. All figures in the release are final.
May 27 2004
Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2004 (Provisional) Contains information on provision for children under five years of age in the private, voluntary, independent and maintained sectors. It contains information relevant to the progress that has been made towards achieving some of the Government's strategic targets for early years and childcare.
May 27 2004
2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce Survey Research Information
Apr 29 2004
Sixth Survey of Parents of Three and Four Year Old children and their use of Early Years Services Research Information
Apr 29 2004
Childcare: How Local Markets respond to National Initiatives Research Information
Apr 29 2004
The Early Support Pilot Programme: Phase 1 – Evaluation Report Research Information
Apr 29 2004
Defining a Local Childcare Market: Methods Paper Research Information
Apr 1 2004
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Press Releases
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Nov 14 2011
Number of children's centres by local authority
Nov 11 2011
Free early education will be extended to 140,000 disadvantaged two-year- olds, and parents will be able to access the free entitlement more flexibly
Jul 29 2011
Government is acting to get children ready for school: A new early years curriculum for 0-5-year-olds will be introduced next year which focuses on three prime areas of learning that are critical to making sure children develop healthily and happily
Jul 6 2011
Government sets out reform of early learning and children’s centres; Slimmed down curriculum for 0-5-year-old
Mar 16 2010
Government reaches target of 3500 Sure Start Children's Centres throughout the country
Dec 10 2009
Funding for flexibility and parental choice over when children start school
Sep 11 2009
Start of nationwide free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds
May 8 2009
Information regarding the Sure Start Children's Centres.
Jan 26 2009
Funding to be allocated for training to develop high quality phonics in early years settings and primary schools.
Sep 18 2008
Lowest achieving early years children starting to catch up, and more investment to be made.
Sep 8 2008
OECD: Educational performance report shows positive at every stage of education
Sep 1 2008
Funding from Early Years Foundation Stage package to target help at families most at risk of disadvantage to prevent their children falling behind at an early age.
Jul 8 2008
Funding package to tackle the communication problems in early years
Aug 4 2007
£4bn for Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare
May 31 2007
More young children benefiting from free early education,
Apr 3 2007
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Oct 5 2006
DFES - A SURER START TO 800,000 CHILDREN
Jul 26 2005
KELLY ANNOUNCES FREE BOOKS FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS Education and Skills Secretary Ruth Kelly today announced that every baby and young child in England will receive free books in an expansion of the current Bookstart scheme today.
Apr 5 2005
Cash available to help pay for nannies…
Dec 24 2004
Childcare providers to receive guidance to help them prepare for the new 2005 inspection system
Sep 6 2004
The future of early years inspection - A consultation The current round of early years inspections concludes at the end of March 2005. This paper sets out some proposals about how Ofsted might inspect such facilities from April 2005.
Key Reports
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Nov 22 2011
The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2010/11 (The OFSTED Annual Report).
Jul 28 2011
An evaluation of the economic impact of Sure Start
Jul 4 2011
Second Report from Graham Allen MP setting out how early intervention programmes could be cost effective
Jun 30 2011
OFSTED statistics on the inspection of children’s centres in England
Mar 30 2011
The Government commissioned Tickell review on the Early Years Foundation Stage
Jan 19 2011
A report on the need for early intervention programmes for young children by Graham Allen MP
Jan 9 2011
An OFSTED report on the impact of the early years foundation stage
Nov 25 2010
An evaluation of the impact of Sure Start programmes on five year olds and their families.
Sep 7 2010
An OFSTED report on equality impact on outsourcing in early years
Jul 15 2010
A CfBT report on integrating children's services comparing Britain, US and Norway, focussing particularly on early years
Nov 23 2009
Annual Report of Chief Inspector of schools is wide ranging study based on inspections of the preceding year and includes many aspects of the work of primary. secondary and special schools and FE colleges
Jun 24 2009
An OFSTED survey exploring the reasons for exclusion of children aged four to seven and the ways in which some schools manage to avoid using exclusion.
Jan 28 2009
Next steps for early learning and childcare - next steps in the 10-Year Childcare Strategy set out in 2004 to allow parents 'to make informed choices about their children’s care and family life'
Jul 31 2008
An OFSTED survey of early years providers
May 29 2008
Survey of parents views of childcare and early years provision
Aug 19 2005
Ofsted: This document details the quality of childcare in England at 31 March 2005. For the first time, regional and local authority level data relating to outcomes from inspections are given in detail. Figures are presented for each national childcare type and are given at England, government office region and local authority level.
Aug 19 2005
Ofsted: This document details the quality of nursery education in England at 31 March 2005. For the first time, regional and local authority level data relating to outcomes from inspections are given in detail. Figures are presented for each national childcare type and are given at England, government office region and local authority level.
Aug 19 2005
Ofsted: Early years: firm foundations This report covers the two-year period between April 2003 and March 2005 when Ofsted carried out the second programme of inspections against national standards. During that programme, for the first time, Ofsted has awarded each childminder or daycare provider registered by Ofsted a judgement on the quality of childcare.
19 Aug 2005 Ofsted: This document details the quality of nursery education in England at 31 March 2005. For the first time, regional and local authority level data relating to outcomes from inspections are given in detail. Figures are presented for each national childcare type and are given at England, government office region and local authority level.
Mar 21 2005
Are you ready for your inspection? A guide to inspections of childcare and nursery education conducted by Ofsted From April 2005 Ofsted is changing the way it carries out inspections of childcare and nursery education. This document explains the changes.
Mar 18 2005
Childcare registration and inspection legislative changes: March 2005
local authority briefing sessions presentation materials. From April 2005, Ofsted will commence a new programme of childcare inspections. Presentation materials used to explain the new arrangements at local authority briefings are available here in a zip. They are Word documents and Powerpoint presentations.
Mar 18 2005
Are you ready for your inspection? A guide to inspections of childcare and nursery education conducted by Ofsted. From April 2005 Ofsted is changing the way it carries out inspections of childcare and nursery education. This document explains the changes.
Statistical Bulletins
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Sep 28 2011
Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2010 providing information on key characteristics of childcare and early years provision and the early years workforce across the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Statistical Volumes
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Dec 8 2011
Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom 2011. This volume contains information such as the number of schools by type and region, pupil numbers and pupil-teacher ratios, pupil progress and standards and free school meals data (Chapter 1); numbers involved in post-compulsory education or training (Chapter 2); GCSE and A Level results and pupil destinations (Chapter 3).
Relevant Web Sites
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Jan 29 2012
A fully independent enquiry into the condition and future of primary education in England launched in October 2006
Jan 1 2010
British Association for Early Education national voluntary organisation for early years practitioners and parents with members and branches in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
Jul 19 2009
Sure Start Centre information
Mar 1 2003
In 2003 the Government launched an extensive programme - Every Child matters - to improve outcomes for children and young people