Welcoming the new NAFIS chairs
Coram Family and Childcare is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Herbert and Anna...
Childcare Survey 2022
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Welcoming the new NAFIS chairs
Coram Family and Childcare is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Herbert and Anna...
The impact of COVID on early childhood education and care and opportunities to strengthen the system
Our new blog explores how evidence from the Childcare Survey 2022 can inform real change to...
Latest news
Chancellor urged to use the budget to help parents hit by rising childcare costs and a sharp drop in availability of places
26 February
Britain’s parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year...
Concern for inequality gap has increased as children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds miss out
20 June 2022
Implications of COVID for Early Childhood Education and Care in England, found that the number...
Chancellor urged to use the budget to help parents hit by rising childcare costs and a sharp drop in availability of places
26 February
Britain’s parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year...
Coram Family and Childcare responds to the Work and Pensions Committee’s Inquiry into Universal Credit and Childcare Costs
February 2022
Our research found that the average price of 25 hours of childcare per week at nursery for a...
Local authorities have supported the childcare sector through the pandemic, but remain concerned about the future of the sector
29 July 2021
This new research draws upon interviews with 122 Local Authority Early Leads.
British parents face a ‘double squeeze’ of expensive childcare costs and patchy availability this summer
20 July 2021
Our 16th annual survey published today finds that there has been a 5% rise in costs.
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