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Family First has bought Kiddies Academy in Beaconsfield. Pictured are nursery manager Amy White and childcare specialist Patrycja Mikocewicz, with Ayah and Megan
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Family First buys seven nurseries

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N Family Club has opened N Stratford, a nursery near the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London
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N Family Club opens 11th nursery

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Children will be assessed at the start of the Reception year from September
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DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September

Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage
Caroline Wright: 'Children are at the centre of all we do'
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Interview - Caroline Wright, Early childhood director at Bright Horizons

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Councils in England have millions of pounds in unspent early years funding, most of which has never been re-allocated to childcare providers
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Exclusive: LEA early years underspend hits £62m

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From left to right: Karla Tabony, who set up Choochoos Day Nursery, with Sarah Steel, managing director of The Old Station, which has acquired the Kent group
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The Old Station buys Kent group in latest deal

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Ofsted plans to resume some inspections in early years settings from May
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Ofsted to restart inspections in some early years settings from 4 May

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
Early years settings will receive funding based on actual termly attendance levels for the summer and autumn terms of 2021
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DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Coronavirus
Cyber attacks affecting education and early years settings are 'increasingly common', according to cyber security experts
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UK's cyber security experts give tips on how early years settings can protect themselves from hackers

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Nurseries and pre-schools are being sent lateral flow devices for home testing for Covid-19
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Coronavirus: Nurseries and pre-schools start to receive home-testing kits

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Routine graded Ofsted inspections are set to re-start in the next few months
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Coronavirus: More details of return to early years inspections set out

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
Tulip Siddiq, shadow early years minister, speaking at the Nursery World Business Summit on 4 March 2021
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Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

Policy & Politics
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Kids Planet to take on Oxford University nurseries

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out the Government's coronavirus response in the budget
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Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

Coronavirus
Kids Planet Day Nurseries are top of the Nursery Chains 2021 Ofsted League PHOTO Katie Whirledge at Papillon PR
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Nursery Chains 2021: League Tables - Ups and downs

Nursery Chains
Kids Planet Day Nurseries are top of the Nursery Chains 2021 Ofsted League PHOTO Katie Whirledge at Papillon PR
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Nursery group Kids Planet takes the Ofsted table top spot in Nursery Chains 2021

Nursery Chains