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The nursery group has teamed up the Best Practice Network to launch a graduate recruitment scheme, PHOTO Kids Planet
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Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

Workforce
Parent Rachel Massey is calling for the funded childcare hours to be available as soon as a child turns three rather than the term after PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Petition urges Government to make funded childcare available as soon as a child turns three

Funding
The DfE's national plan for music education has been 'refreshed' to cover the early years PHOTO Adobe Stock
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DfE's national plan for music extended to the early years

Music & Rhymes
More than 60 per cent of libraries that took part in BookTrust's Storytime said the pilot helped them attract new families, PHOTO BookTrust
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More families visiting their local library thanks to reading charity scheme

Families
The research from the IFS compares the development of children born in the early 2000's and a decade later, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Little progress made in closing the development gap in children over a decade - IFS

Birth to Threes
Grandir UK has bought Rushcliffe Day Nurseries, a group of three sites in Nottingham
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The UK's top 10 largest nursery groups continue to expand

Provision
The Early Years Alliance campaign aims to educate parents and politicians on the importance of early learning and the role of educators
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Early Years Alliance launches its #WeAreEducators campaign

Policy & Politics
Parents of young children are being told to make sure they are up-to-date with their vaccinations as Polio virus is detected in sewage in London PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Parents urged to get their child vaccinated against polio as virus detected in sewage

Health
ICP Education is to rebrand to Bright Stars
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ICP Education to rebrand as 'Bright Stars'

Management
The research found that were fewer ethnic minority and disadvantaged children attending childcare settings last year compared to pre-pandemic levels PHOTO Adobe Stock
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‘Considerably more’ ethnic minority and disadvantaged children missed out on early learning due to Covid

Coronavirus
NDNA's campaign aims is to encourage students and job seekers to consider a career in the early years
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NDNA launches campaign to raise the profile of the early years sector

Management
The children and families minister Will Quince visited Ur Och Skur Gronlingen, an outdoor nursery in Sweden
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Children and families minister visits nurseries in Sweden as part of mission to cut childcare costs

Policy & Politics
The new research from the Royal Foundation for Early Childhood reveals less than a fifth of adults recognise the importance of the birth to five period, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Duchess of Cambridge's new research highlights need to increase awareness of the importance of the early years

Families
The Times Education Commission makes a number of recommendations for the early years sector, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

Policy & Politics
The Royal Life Saving Society is warning that children's lives could be put at risk by the closure of swimming pools if they shut due to soaring energy bills PHOTO RLSS UK
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Charity warns closure of swimming pools due to energy costs will lead to more children drowning

Families
The TUC warns that mothers are caught in a 'catch-22' with rising childcare costs and statutory maternity pay falling in real terms PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Childcare costs rise by more than £2,000 in over a decade

Families