In the late 1990s, England, Scotland and Sweden moved early years and childcare services into education: at national level, responsibility for childminding, nurseries, school-age childcare and schools was integrated.
In a new book, we examine this reform - why and how it was done and the consequences. In particular, did this administrative change lead to wider changes in the relationship between education and childcare?
In England and Scotland, changes that followed transfer in 1998 were most notably the inclusion of schools and childcare services in the delivery of part-time education for three- and four-year-olds. This was accompanied by a shared funding and curricular framework.
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