The expansion of early learning and childcare

Author: Kate Wane

PDF Published: Tuesday 16 Apr 2019 (SB 19-20)

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- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Part one: The current state of early learning and childcare
  - Legislation
  - Early learning and childcare provision
    
    Day care of children services
    
    Childminders
    
    Flexibility
    
    Cross-boundary places
  - Current use of early learning and childcare
    
    Reasons for using funded early learning and childcare
    
    Future use of early learning and childcare
  - Funding for early learning and childcare
    
    Financial review of early learning and childcare
    
    Unit cost of delivering early learning and childcare
    
    Rates paid to partner providers
    
    Capping
  - The early learning and childcare workforce
    
    Qualifications
    
    Pay and conditions
- Part two: Expansion to 1,140 hours
  - Scottish Government aims and objectives for the expansion of early learning and childcare
  - Scottish Government principles of the early learning and childcare expansion
    
    Quality
    
    Affordability
    
    Flexibility
    
    Accessibility
  - Local authority early learning and childcare expansion plans
  - Expansion of the early learning and childcare workforce
    
    Skills Investment Plan
    
    Quality
    
    Additional graduates
    
    Recruitment and diversification
  - Funding for the expansion of early learning and childcare
    
    Partner provider access to capital funding
  - Funding Follows the Child
    
    Background
    
    A 'provider neutral' approach
  - The National Standard
    
    Staffing, leadership and management
    
    Fair work practices and the Living Wage
    
    Food
    
    Payment processes
    
    Assessment of the National Standard
    
    Pre-August 2020
    
    From August 2020
  - Service model
    
    Becoming a provider of funded early learning and childcare
  - Partner provider sustainability
    
    Support for early learning and childcare providers
    
    A sustainable rate
    
    Participation
    
    Rate increases
    
    Income
    
    Staffing
    
    Partnership working
  - Progress and Evaluation
    
    Expansion progress
    
    Workforce
    
    Capacity
    
    Infrastructure
    
    Evaluation of the early learning and childcare expansion
- Annex A
  - Early learning and childcare delivery trials
- Annex B
  - Early learning and childcare in England
    
    Funding and costs
  - Early learning and childcare in Wales
- Annex C
  - Scottish Government ELC expansion activity timeline (2014-2018)
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Image: Figure 1 - Scottish Government expansion activity (2014-2018)

Image: Figure 2 - Day care of children services (by sector)

Image: Figure 3 - Proportion of day care of children centres offering whole and part-day places.

Image: Figure 4 - Parental use of funded early learning and childcare

Image: Figure 5 - Other reasons why parents use funded ELC

Image: Figure 6 - ELC workforce, by sector

Image: Figure 7 - The early years national funding formula

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