Our goal is for the early years sector to provide the foundations for children to have happy, healthy and successful lives, and to enable parents to work. The sector has some challenges in common with our other sectors but it faces a different local and systemic context. We are interested in evidence that will help us enable a healthy and sustainable early years market which maximises the valuable outcomes of the sector.
If you would like to discuss previous, ongoing or potential research into any of the areas in this document, please contact research.engagement@education.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Families benefit from childcare. The availability of affordable childcare is a major influence on women's ability to take up paid work. According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, 'Helping families to combine ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project addresses the barriers to early years staff recruitment and retention in the context of childcare provision.
Borne out of our passion for modern, intuitive, and comprehensive solutions to the challenges of early parenthood, **our vision for this project** **is a new way of connecting parents with private child carers through a ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: TAMARIN GROUP LTD
The project focuses on connecting parents with child carers through AI-powered matchmaking, which partially addresses the question of recruitment and retention.
Early Years (EY) childcare is critical to the UK economy and society given its positive impact on child development and wellbeing. Without the provision of formal and informal childcare, parents will not be able to retur...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The project specifically addresses the impact of COVID-19 on early years childcare provision, including barriers to recruitment and retention.