Early Years services in Britain 1997‐2007
A quiet revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12896804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Smith (0000-0002-0368-9849, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 26-38 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Children s Services (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-6660 • E-ISSN: 2042-8677 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/17466660200700014 |
| OpenAlex | W2115343780 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
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. The evidence is considered, first, on service expansion, increased take‐up and increased employment by parents with young children, and, second, on service transformation and child outcomes: to what extent have changes benefited disadvantaged children, families and neighbourhoods? The Effective Provision of Preschool Education (EPPE) research shows that pre‐school can boost disadvantaged children's intellectual development in particular, and the article concludes that programmes such as Sure Start and Neighbourhood Nurseries have been successfully targeted at the most disadvantaged areas, although better‐off families and neighbourhoods may have benefited even more, and that problems of cost and sustainability remain. It is too early to judge whether better integrated services now being developed will be successful in transforming the lives of the most disadvantaged children
Child poverty · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Inequality · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political science · Poverty · QUIET · Service (business · Sociology · Sustainability · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education Systems and Policy
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2017 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |