The government’s extended childcare policy is beginning today – but it starts amid warnings of a lack of funding and not enough staff to fulfil the pledge. From today, eligible parents and carers of two-year-olds will be entitled to 15 hours of fundedchildcareper week. It is the first ...
From September 2025: 30 hours childcare from nine months If you are an eligible working parent in England, you might be able to claim for 30 hours for children aged from nine months old up to school age.30 hours childcare for three and four year olds Working families with three and four...
Almost 90% of four‐year olds across the OECD are enrolled in Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs2 and New Zealand (NZ) has one of the highest childcare participation rates, with more than 95% of 3‐ and 4‐year‐old children enrolled; most attend six hours a day, 3–4 days a ...
(2) for their own participation in a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) survey and (3) for one of their room leaders (head teacher caring for 3 to 5 year-old children) to be contacted