Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning

Campaign for Learning has released a new series of articles, Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning.

The paper, ‘Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning’, considers in particular the advantages and disadvantages of the new childcare entitlements announced by the Government.

It includes perspectives and recommendations from labour market economists, child development and parental engagement experts, organisations representing working families, childcare groups, family learning specialists, as well as Campaign for Learning.

Part One: Childcare the welfare state

1. Will Snell, Chief Executive, The Fairness Foundation

• Childcare and a new social contract

2. Anneka Dawson, Head of Pre-16 Education, Ceri Williams, Senior Research Fellow, and Alexandra Nancarrow, Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Studies

• The childcare sector: providers and the workforce in England

Part Two: Childcare and time for work

3. Paul Bivand, Independent Policy Analyst

• Women, employment and childcare

4. James Cockett, Labour Market Economist and Claire McCartney, Policy Adviser,

Resourcing and Inclusion, CIPD

• The planned childcare entitlements and progression into work

5. Jane van Zyl, Chief Executive, Working Families

• Combining flexible working and childcare to solve the childcare crisis

Part Three: Childcare and time for child development

6. Janeen Hayat, Director of Collective Action, Fair Education Alliance

• Improving childcare quality to support educational outcomes

7. Megan Jarvie, Head of Coram Family and Childcare

• Making a step change to child development through childcare

8. Professor Elizabeth Rapa and Professor Louise Dalton, University of Oxford

• Childcare, children’s development and education outcomes

Part Four: Childcare and time for parental engagement

9. Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter

• The childcare revolution: a new opportunity for parental partnerships in child learning

10. Bea Stevenson, Head of Education, Family Links the Centre for Emotional Health

• Childcare and parental engagement in child learning

Part Five: Childcare and time for adult skills

11. Simon Ashworth, Policy Director, AELP

• The new childcare entitlements and skills bootcamps

12. Sharon Cousins, Vice Principal, Newham College and National Association for Managers of Student Services Executive

• The new childcare entitlements and access to further education

13. Susan Pember, Policy Director, HOLEX

• A thriving society means linking the new childcare entitlements to adult learning

Part Six: Childcare and time for family learning –

14. Sam Freedman, Senior Fellow, Institute for Government

• The childcare revolution and family learning

15. Susan Doherty, Development Officer – Family Learning, Education Scotland

• Family learning and childcare: lessons from Scotland

16. Susannah Chambers, Independent Consultant

• Bringing childcare and family learning together

17. Henriett Toth, Parent

• Family learning and childcare: a personal experience