... is the quality of the provision and ability of whoever is running the group is quite key (CC Manager 2). United Kingdom Children Evidence‐based practice Sure Start Children's Centres Early years Implementation Early intervention Recent major policy reviews in the UK have called for greater...

...Denise Hevey Early years policy and services have been subjected to substantial and rapid reform over the past 20 years. This article provides a brief overview of legislative and policy changes over this period, with a particular focus on regulation and workforce issues, and traces the enduring...

...Teresa Smith This article analyses UK Early Years policy in terms of service expansion and service transformation since the Labour Government's election in 1997. Childcare is now a matter of public policy, driven largely by concerns about child poverty and inequalities in children's life chances...

... Young children Early years Early intervention programmes Determinants of need for support in families with young children Jessica J Asscher1, Jo MA Hermanns2 and Maja Dekovic´1 Abstract The prevalence, correlates (child behaviour problems and negative parenting) and determinants (risk...