September 2023

NEWS: New Guidance Childcare on domestic premises

Ofsted publish new Guidance for Childcare on domestic premises

27/09/2023

NEWS: Fair Education Manifesto published today

Today, the Fair Education Alliance published their Fair Education Manifesto urging politicians and policymakers to end the de-prioritisation of education that has gone on too long. 

26/09/2023

NEWS: Ofsted release data on declining childminder numbers and publish Part 2 of ‘Best start in life’

Ofsted has just released their research and analysis of childminder data for 2022-23 which shows that in the last financial year (2022–23), 5,200 childminders left their registers while 1,700 childminders joined.

11/09/2023

NEWS: EECC report lifts the lid on British voters’ attitudes to childcare sector reform

Today is the launch of the EECC (Early Education and Childcare Coalition) of which PACEY is proud to be a member, and the release of the EECC’s new report ‘Pulse Check: Public attitudes towards early education and childcare’. 

07/09/2023

NEWS: Childcare settings receive cash boost as funding rates increase

Nurseries and childminders across the country will be paid more from today for every government-funded hour they provide to parents.

 

01/09/2023

NEWS: David Johnston confirmed as Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing in England

On 31 August David Johnston OBE MP was confirmed as Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing at the Department for Education, replacing Claire Coutinho MP. 

01/09/2023