The school day should be extended in order to tackle the uphill childcare struggle facing families, according to the government’s children’s tsar.
The government’s commissioner for children said extending the school day would help parents with the costs and stresses of childcare
Successive governments have poured billions into childcare support but the most ‘straightforward’ solution might be a simple one – even if it’s unpopular with kids: Keeping children at school for more of the day. ‘When it comes to school age children the most straightforward approach to making childcare manageable and affordable is by providing an extended school day, so that children can be cared for on school premises.
Dame Rachel also calls for early years education to be integrated with the wider school system to boost recruitment, saying ‘for too long those educating the youngest children haven’t had the respect and opportunities they deserve’.According to analysis by the Trade Unions Congress published in June, the average cost for those families has risen by more than £2,000 since 2010.
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