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The Government has yet to confirm that any schools will close
News

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures

Coronavirus
The DfE has confirmed that funding would still be paid to childcare providers if they had to close or a child had to self isolate due to the Coronavirus
News

Coronavirus: Government confirms settings will receive childcare funding if they have to close

Coronavirus
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Features

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Funding
Features

Nursery Management: Training - Down to a T

Spring 2020
Features

Nursery Management: International - Men of the world

Management
Stepping Stones in Gomersal has increased hand washing
News

Settings seeking coronavirus advice

Health
The group of MPs are concerned that parents won't have a say about how their child's data from the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is used
News

MPs challenge Government over Reception Baseline legislation

Reception Baseline
The Department for Education (DfE) falls short of its target for the take-up of funded two-year-old places
News

Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children

Closing the Gap
There are calls for Ofsted inspections to be suspended as countries bring in measures to contain the virus
News

Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

Policy & Politics
More than 80 per cent of parents receiving childcare support through universal credit are single mothers
News

Universal credit childcare rules could discriminate against women

Families
Pregnant Then Screwed wants the Government to provide properly subsidised childcare from the age of nine months
News

Cost of childcare 'punishing' for working parents

Childcare Costs
The campaign group want 30-hour childcare to be made available to all children Image by Equality for Disadvantaged Children
News

Campaigners call for 30-hour childcare to be made universal to close disadvantage gap

Closing the Gap
Most insurance policies would not provide cover if nurseries had to close because of an outbreak of coronavirus
News

Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases'

Business
Nurseries are not currently covered by insurers if they have to close over coronavirus cases
News

Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

Health
Liz Roberts
Opinion

Editor's view - Baseline wrangles

Reception Baseline
Funded childcare - should it be free, subsidised, or a mixed model?
News

Exclusive: Sector survey finds mixed views on 'free' childcare entitlements

Funding

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