Research by Family and Childcare Trust

Our research and advocacy focuses on making the UK a better place for families, and on holding government to account for doing all it can to remove barriers for families.

Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey

Our annual Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey are the definitive reports on childcare costs and availability in the UK.

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Childcare and early education funding in London

This report looks at funding of early education in London around the time of the introduction...

Experiences of childminders in London

We spoke with former childminders in London about why they left the profession and whether the...

Older People’s Care Survey 2017

The second installment of the annual Older People's Care Survey reveals that 4.2 million...

The Future of Family Services

Four groups of parent researchers from across the country spoke to nearly 500 parents to...

School Ready? A survey of school leaders

Eight out of ten school leaders reported that many children arriving at primary school were...

Academisation and early years education

This report focuses on the impact of the government's academisation programme, and how it...

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Our latest news

New childcare investment helping families - but high earning couples gain the most

23 April 2018

New evidence will be presented to Parliament today showing that single parents, and families...

New tool to help local authorities assess local childcare market

26 March 2018

The Family and Childcare Trust, supported by the Mayor of London, have developed a Childcare...

30 hours: winners and losers among London childcare providers

26 March 2018

In 58 per cent of boroughs, childcare providers are receiving less in funding to deliver free...

Childcare prices surge at double rate of inflation, undermining Government’s new investments

28 February 2018

New Government investment is welcome, but this year’s childcare price surge shows that without...

Part time nursery place in Wales tops £6000 per year

28 February 2018

The average price for a part time nursery place for a child under two is more than double what...

Plateauing childcare prices spare Scottish parents from Britain wide price surge

28 February 2018

Scottish parents are offered some relief by a two per cent drop in childcare prices this year.