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The government continues to encourage more people to go online, so they can access the guidance and services they need – as well as reducing

My Department is working closely with DWP, other government departments and other interested parties to establish new criteria for determini

The safeguarding strategy on unaccompanied and refugee children will be published this autumn.

The department does not set pay and conditions for the early years workforce, which is predominantly made up of private and voluntary sector

Based on the 2016 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers in England, we estimate that, excluding head teachers, senior managers and e

The department works closely with our national delivery contractor, Childcare Works, in supporting all local authorities (LA) to ensure they

The department’s revised Early Education and Childcare Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities provides clear guidance to local authorities

The data requested is published in the ‘Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016’ statistical first release:...

The Department for Education welcomes the Commission’s report, published on 28 June, which considers efforts to improve social mobility over

We estimate that 390,000 families of three and four-year-olds will receive an additional 15 hours free childcare, saving families who use th