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Recognising the achievements of Family Information Services
Last week, we hosted the annual NAFIS Conference, and we closed the conference with the NAFIS Awards.
On the Outside: Enabling parents from migrant backgrounds to access childcare provisions could help address existing inequalities
Many families struggle to meet childcare costs and more support is needed. This is particularly true for families from a migrant background who live and work in communities across the country but are not eligible for much of the available childcare support.
Meeting the childcare needs of children with SEND
Our 22nd annual Childcare Survey revealed that only 18% of local authorities have enough childcare for disabled children. With this in shocking statistic in mind, we knew we had to make children with SEND the focus of this year’s Childcare Survey panel event.
Understanding the take-up of early education entitlements
Why do some children miss out on early education, and what can be done to help? This is the question that a new study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and delivered by the Centre for Evidence and Implementation, Coram Family and Childcare and UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities with Ivana La Valle seeks to answer.
The Spring Budget: reasons for celebration and caution
What a huge week for childcare. The £4bn investment in the childcare and early education system is welcomed by parents crippled by the current huge costs of childcare - over £14,000 per year for a full time place on average.
Coram Family and Childcare responds to the Chancellor’s Budget
Parent Champions Conference 2023
On 16 and 17 May we held our annual Parent Champions Conference and Awards. Our annual conference is a chance to come together as a network to reflect, connect and look ahead to the future.
Childcare shortages across the country, with the most disadvantaged children missing out
Coram Family and Childcare’s 22nd annual Childcare Survey published today reveals a sharp drop in childcare availability across England over the past year, with only half of local areas reporting sufficient childcare for children under two, a decrease of 7% on 2022, and under half (48%) reporting enough childcare for parents working full-time, a decrease of 11% on last year.
Childcare Survey 2023: why it shows system reform is needed
Calls for change for our childcare system are coming thick and fast and from an increasingly broad range of people.
Childcare and the budget: what should we hope for
On Saturday, the front page of The Guardian read Tories plot childcare giveaway in budget with the story giving detail about the various expansions to the funded early education entitlements being looked at by the Department for Education ahead of the budget.