...challenges. This government is investing more than ever before in early education and childcare and since 2010 the overall core schools budget for 5 to 16 year olds has been...
...700,000 of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds have benefited from 15 hours free childcare since its introduction in 2013 – with 95% of early years providers rated good or outstanding by...
...first annual State of the Nation report since Dame Martina Milburn became Chair of the Commission. Recommendations made in the report include extending eligibility for the 30 hours free childcare...
...skills. You can see the new criteria for early education and childcare workforce level 2 qualifications here. Disadvantage Gap We are pleased to see positive stories in today’s national media...
...highly in education. For parents of young children, we have doubled the amount of childcare available to parents of eligible 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours a week,...
...and literacy skills. We already have help in place, such as 15 free hours of early learning and childcare per week for the most disadvantaged two-year-olds, and we’re supporting disadvantaged...
...the skills and knowledge they need to deliver gold standard T Level courses. The first T Level courses in education & childcare, construction, and digital, will be taught in over...
...A Levels will be available from 2020, starting with the routes of education and childcare, digital and construction. In addition to today’s speeches, the Skills Minister visited Oldham Sixth Form...
...years through our 15 hours free childcare for all three-and-four-year-olds, with 30 hours available for working families, in addition to the 15 hours a week for the most deprived two-year-olds,...
...a £75m export win for the UK’s biggest childcare provider Busy Bees, who will open 20 new nurseries across China along with their Chinese stakeholder, Oriental Cambridge Education Group. Minister...
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