Children miss out on early years education because their parents are low-earners, study says
Children from disadvantaged families in England are missing out on early years education because their parents are not in work or do not earn enough, contributing to a widening gap between the poorest children and their peers before they even start school, according to a new report.
A study by the Sutton Trust and the Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust said the government’s policy of funding only 15 hours of weekly childcare or nursery for three- and four-year-olds from low-income families, compared with 30 hours a week for children whose parents were in work, was compounding inequalities and harming children’s life chances.
