Katy Morton

Parents have put together a manifesto calling on political parties to commit to putting healthy food at the 'heart of their plans', PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Parents call on politcians to prioritise healthy food for children

Nutrition
The JRF has questioned the Scottish Government's delay to introduce universal early years education, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Scottish Government told to expand funded places to help families escape poverty

Policy & Politics
The NAO report highlights how the DfE set out a timetable for the expansion without knowing whether there would be enough capacity, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Expanded offer 'ambitious' against background of uncertainty around costs and benefits

Policy & Politics
The Early Years Bootcamps are mainly delivered online outside the Bootcamp Hubs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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DfE's Early Years Bootcamp courses underway

Careers & Training
The DfE has launched a consultation on proposals for a new experience-based route for early years practitioners, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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DfE seeks views on new experience-based route qualification for early years practitioners

Careers & Training
The DfE Pulse survey highlights early years provider's issues around places, staffing and funding, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Sector raises concern as survey shows most early years providers haven't increased their places

Business
The latest DfE figures estimate 79 per cent of two-year-olds have secured a funded place, while 21 per cent have not, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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More than 51,600 two-year-olds without a funded place

Policy & Politics
Families with more than two children have said they are struggling with providing for their children due to the benefits cap, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Families impacted by two-child benefits limit ‘struggling to keep their head above water’

Policy & Politics
Anna Freud has put forward its plan to shift the focus from urgent mental health care to early intervention and prevention, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Government urged to focus on early intervention to tackle 'unprecedented' mental health challenges for children

Health
The report for Theirworld reveals just 1.4 per cent of total education spending is invested in early years, PHOTO: Theirworld
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Aid spending on early years at record high, but investment on higher education remains 21 times higher

Funding
The Fawcett Society says its report argues the case for universal childcare, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’

Provision
Early years providers have spoken out against Ofsted's updated complaints procedure, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Early years providers sceptical Ofsted's new complaints process will be fairer

Inspection
The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, with seven-year-old Isabelle on a visit to Snap in Brentwood, PHOTO: KM
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Lib Dem leader calls for SEND national body and more funding for EHC Plans

SEND
Ofsted has updated its complaints process for all providers it inspects, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Ofsted's new complaints procedure goes live

Inspection
According to the DfE, over 150,000 two-year-olds have secured a funded place under the expanded offer, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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More than 150,000 two-year-olds taking up funded places - surpassing Government target

Funding
NS&I has confirmed there is a problem processing Tax-Free Childcare payments, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Tax-Free Childcare error preventing parents' fees being paid to providers

Management