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Quality costs: Paying for high quality early childhood education and care
17 November 2009
‘Quality costs: Paying for high quality early childhood education and care' is the culmination of a year-long research project in which Daycare Trust worked with the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Social Market Foundation (SMF) to identify the necessary elements required for early childhood education and care to be of ‘high quality', and to cost a high quality model for England. The work was comissioned by the Nuffield Foundation. The final report is accompanied by five working papers.
Daycare Trust joint Chief Executive Emma Knights said:
"The Government deserve enormous credit for increasing spending on childcare, therefore allowing more parents to work and improving educational outcomes for the poorest children. But if the Government are to achieve the vision they set out in their ten year Childcare Strategy then our research shows that a step change is needed in terms of investment to achieve high quality provision.
Daycare Trust Senior Policy Officer Kate Goddard said:
"Our research has shown that despite increased investment, we still spend a relatively modest amount on early childhood education and care in England. We entrust our children to childcare workers everyday, and we must acknowledge the importance of their work in the outcomes of our children. That's why we have to raise the professional status of the workforce through increased qualifications and better pay and conditions".
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