The research from the Fawcett Society, sponsored by the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) and the Pavers Foundation, finds that five other liberal welfare states have recently or are currently introducing large-scale reforms to their early education, however no changes on the same scale have been made to England’s childcare system since 2017.
The report, which compares England’s early education system with that of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Switzerland, states, ‘Several of the countries in this review have recently adopted large-scale reforms’ or are in process of doing so. It says that the reason behind the reforms are due to a mix of factors including a need to engage mothers with the labour market, support the middle class, and respond to the impact of Covid on mothers’ unpaid work.
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