When Labour came to power in 1997 it made commitments to reduce poverty and improve children's health, education and … young children. This paper examines the main policies introduced affecting children under five, including longer maternity … leave, Sure Start Children's Centres, free early education for all three and four year olds, more affordable and higher …

backdrop of tightening austerity, what happened in practice to children's services, family incomes and early child development? …

-emotional outcomes is more negative for children of lower income households relative to children of higher income households. The …

This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children … Schools Census and the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) dataset on inspections (2010 …-11). The results suggest that children from disadvantaged background have access to better qualified staff. However, services …

This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children … Schools Census and the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) dataset on inspections (2010 …-11). The results suggest that children from disadvantaged background have access to better qualified staff. However, services …

This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children … Schools Census and the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) dataset on inspections (2010 …-11). The results suggest that children from disadvantaged background have access to better qualified staff. However, services …

The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe but its application to children has seen relatively … little discussion. What could be meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper. Among other things, I … exclusion of children. The second main theme is the use of the concept of exclusion in the USA, where in contrast to Europe it …