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CEO Catherine McLeod’s response to the government’s early years funding consultation update20231130162723
CEO Catherine McLeod’s response to the government’s early years funding consultation update
30th November 20230 comments
Dingley’s Promise calls for better access to early years SEND funding Yesterday’s release of the government’s response to the early years funding cons...
Dingley’s Promise statement on changes to the EYFS20231031085834
Dingley’s Promise statement on changes to the EYFS
31st October 20230 comments
On October 27th 2023, the Government announced regulatory changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) after a national consultation. Dingley’s ...
Reflections on Coram’s Childcare Survey 202320230309172602
Reflections on Coram’s Childcare Survey 2023
9th March 20230 comments
With the release of Coram’s Childcare Survey for 2023, we are reflecting on the current situation in the early education and childcare sector for chil...
Statement on Government’s SEND and alternative provision improvement plan20230302180222
Statement on Government’s SEND and alternative provision improvement plan
2nd March 20230 comments
2nd March 2023 We welcome the release of the Government’s SEND and AP Plan, and are particularly happy that within this plan, early education i...
CEO Catherine McLeod on Recruitment in the Early Years20221214112519
CEO Catherine McLeod on Recruitment in the Early Years
14th December 20220 comments
Last night our CEO Catherine McLeod spoke to BBC News on behalf of Dingley’s Promise about staffing and recruitment in the early years. As a sector, r...
Dingley’s Promise SEND Review Response20220330114212
Dingley’s Promise SEND Review Response
Dingley’s Promise Response to the SEND Review – Government consultation on the SEND and alternative provision system in England, March 2022 Di...
Dingley’s Promise CEO calls for increased funding at APPG20210624121551
Dingley’s Promise CEO calls for increased funding at APPG
Dingley’s Promise CEO calls for increased funding for Early Years Sector at All Party Parliamentary Group Meeting. Catherine McLeod MBE, Chief Executi...
Dingley’s Promise sponsors APPG on Childcare and Early Education20210426101921
Dingley’s Promise sponsors APPG on Childcare and Early Education
26th April 20210 comments
Dingley’s Promise has become a sponsor of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Childcare and the Early Education in order to ensure that ...
CEO’s Blog: Learning from lockdown20200722140123
CEO’s Blog: Learning from lockdown
22nd July 20200 comments
What can we learn from lockdown about how to best support children with SEND in the early years? Lockdown has been hard for every...
30 hour childcare entitlement – Dingley’s Promise lobbies central government20180731171328
30 hour childcare entitlement – Dingley’s Promise lobbies central government
31st July 20180 comments
Last week, the Chief Executive of Dingley’s Promise, Catherine McLeod MBE lobbied members of Parliament on the accessibility of the 30 hours provision...
