Find out if your 3 to 5 year old can get funded early learning and childcare in Scotland. Funded early learning and childcare is free to you.
How good is our early learning and childcare? Context Self-evaluation for self-improvement has been a feature of improving the early years sector of Scottish education for our youngest children in Scotland for many years.
Headline statistics on teachers, pupils, attendance, exclusions and early learning and childcare provision in Scotland.
Identifying and supporting additional support needs in early learning and childcare will help you to reflect and develop your understanding of what you can do to get it right for every child in Scotland.
The national standard for early learning and childcare providers sets out what children and families should expect from their early learning experience regardless of where they access their child’s funded hours.
This briefing provides an overview of the current provision and use of funded ELC in Scotland and examines the expansion to 1,140 hours a year of funded ELC, including funding arrangements, the National Standard for ELC providers and growth of the ELC workforce.
Early learning and childcare The Scottish Government's stated ambition is for Scotland to be "the best place in the world to grow up in by improving outcomes and reducing inequalities for all babies, children, mothers, fathers and families across Scotland to ensure that all children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed".
How the Scottish Government is supporting education and care for young children, from birth up until starting school.
Your 2, 3 or 4 year old could benefit from 1140 hours a year of early learning and childcare (ELC). This is free to you, funded by the Scottish Government. That works out at about 30 hours a week if you use it during school term-time, or around 22 hours a week if you use it year-round.
Research has found high-quality early learning and childcare can have benefits for children's social, emotional and educational skills. Health Scotland reviewed the research on the different parts of early learning and childcare that can contribute to these benefits.
This framework is aimed at practitioners working with children aged 0-5 years in early learning and childcare and the early stages of primary school.
Find out what childcare and education your child can get from birth to starting school - called early learning and childcare. Check if you can get help with costs.
Find out if your 2 year old can get funded early learning and childcare in Scotland. Funded early learning and childcare is free to you.
Scotland’s Play Strategy The ambition in the Play Strategy for Scotland is for all children and young people to enjoy high-quality play opportunities, particularly outdoor free play in stimulating spaces with access to nature, daily in early learning and childcare.
The Scottish Government has an important role to play in setting the strategic direction and outlining the outcomes [4] we expect to see from our investment in early learning and school age childcare.
Problems with early child development are important as they are strongly associated with long-term health, educational, and wider social difficulties. Detecting developmental problems early provides the best opportunity to support children and families to improve outcomes.
The Scottish Government are funding this survey to help them understand parents’ and carers’ views of the provision of early learning and childcare. In August 2021, the funded early learning and childcare entitlement in Scotland doubled from 600 to 1140 hours a year (equating to 30 hours a week during term time).
Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) is the generic term for the full range of early learning and childcare provision. This includes family and children’s centres, nursery schools and classes, childminders, private nurseries and playgroups. ELC practitioners include teachers registered with the General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS), practitioners registered with the Scottish Social ...
