We campaign for government to invest in high quality early childhood education and care for all. We believe that additional funding should be targeted at those children who benefit most to combat the effects of socio-economic disadvantage and additional needs.
Investing in high quality early childhood education has been shown to benefit individual children and to have positive social and economic returns. Failure to invest early and sufficiently simply stores up problems which are more expensive for society later on.
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We are members of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition which unites the voices of parents, children, providers, those working in the sector and the wider business community. The coalition has a shared vision of an early education and childcare sector that provides high-quality, affordable provision for all families in all communities, and with it, good pay, conditions, and funding for those providing that education and care.
We work closely with NAHT, NEU and Unison on early years funding policy and its specific impact on maintained nursery schools
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Find out moreWe’re pleased to confirm that after extensive lobbying from Early Education, the DfE has extended eligibility for the School-based Nursery (SBN) Capital Grant Funding to
HMRC has provided guidance for early years providers on their eligibility to claim employment allowance. This confirms that settings which are currently eligible to claim
The letter below sets out our key asks for the next government.
