Early Years Digest

22 April 2025

PRESS & MEDIA 

 New website to help parents teach basic skills amid concerns over children’s school readiness - The Independent

Nearly half of English councils cut family support spending last year, data show - The Financial Times [subscription required]

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation' - The Big Issue Magazine

Why early years CPD is the key to boosting maths attainment - TES Magazine

What goes on inside toddlers' brains? A pioneering project is trying to find out - BBC News

Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap - The Guardian

Schools minister vows change on child health crisis - from vapes to obesity -The Daily Mirror
 

FEATURE STORIES

Why school readiness is the most important equality issue in society - TES Magazine

Britain's nursery problem: Parents still face 'childcare deserts'- BBC News InDepth

Inside Politics, "school readiness" - The Financial Times

  

BLOGS, PODCASTS & MORE

VIDEO: How children with special educational needs are being failed in England -The Guardian

OPINION: Adolescence is really about dads in crisis — not teenage boys - The Times, Caitlin Moran [subscription required]

PODCAST: The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? - The Institute for Fiscal Studies

 

RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT

 
TAKE PART: The Big Toilet Project - UK Research and Innovation, Plastic Waste Innovation Hub, UCL
 
Invest in Childhood: Priorities for preventing mental ill health among children and young people - Centre for Mental Health
 
 

EVENTS & COURSES

CONFERENCE: CST Early Years Summit - 1 May, all day. Birmingham (tickets £340)

WEBINAR: Supporting early education and care for infants under two - 8 May, 12:15 (online, free)

 

JOBS


Head of Advice, Information and Family Support - Kids (Remote)

Head of Charity – Leeds Baby Bank (Leeds)

Financial Controller - Ark Schools (London, hybrid)

 

 

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