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Childcare Survey 2024

Coram Family and Childcare’s 23rd annual Childcare Survey uncovers the extent of national childcare shortages, with only a third (34%) of English councils reporting sufficient childcare for parents working full-time.

Published 19 March 2024 By Lydia Hodges, Sam Shorto and Emma Goddard

Case studies on the implementation of family hubs: Emerging strategies for success

The LGA commissioned Coram to develop a series of six case studies exploring various elements of family hubs delivery within councils in England.

Published 20 July 2023 By Lucas Jones, Research Assistant (Coram Impact and Evaluation), Emily Blackshaw, Lead Quantitative Analyst (Coram Impact and Evaluation) and Megan Jarvie, Head of Coram Family and Childcare (Coram Family and Childcare)

Coram Family & Childcare Survey 2023

The 22nd annual Childcare Survey is based on surveys from local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, which were returned to Coram Family and Childcare between November 2022 and February 2023.

Published 6 March 2023 By Megan Jarvie, Sam Shorto, Lisa Kunwar Deer and Emma Goddard

Coram Family & Childcare Holiday Childcare Survey 2022

This year’s holiday childcare survey highlights variations in price rises and availability of holiday childcare both between nations and between the regions of England.

Published 19 July 2022 By Ellen Broomé, Lisa Kunwar Deer, Sam Shorto

Innovation in Social Care Assessments for Disabled Children and Young People (2017)

As part of the Department for Education’s Social Care Innovation Programme, Coram was commissioned by the Council for Disabled Children to evaluate the effectiveness of their programme to co-design new approaches to assess disabled children for statutory and non-statutory support. The programme involved five local authorities who tested new approaches with the aim of creating a more efficient and proportionate system for families.

Published 7 July 2022 By Hannah Lawrence and Rebecca Bellew, Coram

Evaluation of Coram Beanstalk’s reading support programmes (2022)

Coram Beanstalk’s programmes seek to improve children’s lives through reading support so that their risk of long-term disadvantage and the negative consequences of illiteracy are reduced.

Published 18 May 2022 By Emma Borjes, Emily Blackshaw, Hannah Lawrence, and Sarah Taylor