This Library Note aims to provide background reading for the debate on the key role of good early parenting in preparing a child for success in school.
Debate on 3 February: Early Parenting and Preparing a Child for Success in School (508 KB , PDF)
This Library Note covers a selection of research on predicting educational outcomes and the impact of parenting. Recent comparative data on child wellbeing then sets the context for summaries of the recent reports of the independent review on poverty and life chances, ‘The Foundation Years: Preventing Poor Children Becoming Poor Adults’, and the independent review on early intervention, ‘Early Intervention: The Next Steps’.
Debate on 3 February: Early Parenting and Preparing a Child for Success in School (508 KB , PDF)
While handling record demand, the social care sector in England is facing workforce, resource and funding pressures. There are also millions of people providing unpaid care. The new Labour government has announced an intention to create a ‘National Care Service’, and to improve NHS and social care integration as part of a 10-year plan for reform.
This proposed law would make it a legal requirement for English local authorities to publish information about support services such as maternity and mental health services available in their area for infants, parents or carers of infants, or prospective parents or carers. This would be known as the ‘start for life offer’.
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This private member’s bill would expand eligibility for leave to fathers or partners who experience the death of a child’s mother, adoptive or surrogate parent.
