by admin | Dec 31, 2025 | childcare, childcare costs, Childcare Funding Crisis, free childcare, SEN Childcare
As this year comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve achieved as a campaign and more importantly, ‘why’ we’re here in the first place. Free Childcare UK was created out of necessity. Not as a political slogan or a headline-grabbing...
by admin | Dec 15, 2025 | childcare, childcare costs, Childcare Funding Crisis, free childcare, SEN Childcare
The UK government funds early years childcare through the Early Years National Funding Formula (EYNFF), which sets hourly funding rates paid to local authorities and then passed to nurseries. These rates vary by age group and area, and they are often presented as the...
by admin | Dec 8, 2025 | childcare, childcare costs, Childcare Funding Crisis, free childcare, SEN Childcare
The recent revelations about a sexual predator operating within English nurseries have shaken the early years sector and the wider public. Cases like this are shocking not only because of the profound harm caused to vulnerable children, but because they expose a...
by admin | Dec 7, 2025 | childcare, childcare costs, Childcare Funding Crisis, free childcare, SEN Childcare, Uncategorized
In early years, everyone – parents, practitioners, managers, and Ofsted – share the same priority: children’s safety, happiness, and wellbeing. When something worries you about your child’s nursery, preschool or childminder, you absolutely have the right...
by admin | Dec 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
For many families, Christmas is meant to be a season of joy – twinkling lights, excited children, and time together. But for parents relying on so-called ‘free childcare’, December often brings a very different reality: rising costs, stretched finances, and the...
