The Department for Education provides funding for local authorities to pay for three and four year olds to receive their entitlement to 15 hours of free educati

The national take-up rate for three and four-year-olds in early education has been sustained at 95 per cent since 2008, despite an eight per cent increase in el

An useful guide to The Childcare Act 2006 for professionals working in children's services.

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progre

This report is a follow-up to the Committee's report on Accountability for Public Money (HC 740, session 2010-11 (ISBN 9780215559029)) an issue at the core of t