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NHS guidance has been updated to enable partners to attend antenatal appointments and be present at their child's birth
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Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

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Wraparound care sector ramps up fight for more support

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Early years workers 'as essential as roads or rail'
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MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

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Nurseries conflicted over test and trace responsibilities over Christmas holidays

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Most nurseries surveyed by Ofsted reported fewer children had returned after the national lockdown
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A third of nurseries fear closure - Ofsted

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Coronavirus has exacerbated the financial situation for many low-income families
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Coronavirus: Low-income families at ‘breaking point’

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The Old Station Nursery Group is now a subsidiary of French operator La Maison Bleue
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UK nursery market 'slower to recover' from pandemic than other EU countries

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Children and families minister Vicky Ford visiting a LEYF nursery earlier this year
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Coronavirus: Children's minister sets out £4.4m fund to support children impacted by pandemic

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The Out of School Alliance warns that without sustainability funding, many after-school, breakfast and holiday clubs will close
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Out-of-school sector threatened with collapse

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Ofsted said that it will take the challenges providers have faced during the pandemic into account, when carrying out assurance inspections
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Ofsted: More details on early years assurance inspections set out

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One million children living in poverty ineligible for free school meals

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Ofsted is delaying reintroducing full inspections of early years settings until the summer term 2021
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Ofsted plans 'phased return' to inspections in summer 2021

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Gill Jones, Ofsted, deputy director, early years
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Exclusive: Ofsted to explore why nursery groups fare better in inspections

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Nottinghamshire nurseries chosen to help flght childhood obesity

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Art-based activities, put together by nurseries for parents to do with their children during lockdown, were popular with families of pre-school children
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Coronavirus: Arts and crafts and YouTube top resources during lockdown

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Funding scheme boosts early speech and language intervention

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