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Covid has accelerated serious sustainability and access issues
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EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

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Pebble is an online platform for parents to book ad hoc sessions at their registered childcare setting
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Childcare booking platform designed to boost nurseries' occupancy rates to expand

Provision
Staff in early years settings will no longer be required to take Covid tests twice-weekly PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

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Charlotte Roberts: 'We need to celebrate early years as a vocation - there are great possibilities to make a real difference'
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Inspiring a new wave of practitioners to protect the future learning of our children

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The TUC is urging the Government to increase the national minimum wage to £10 for all childcare workers
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TUC calls for 'urgent cash boost' to help childcare sector recover from the pandemic

Policy & Politics
Two nurseries have been forced to shut as the pandemic worsened existing issues PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Covid forces the permanent closure of two nurseries

Business
MiChild operates 16 settings including Stepping Stones Nursery in Stockport (pictured)
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MiChild to invest £1m to improve nurseries and staff training

Management
New flexi-job apprenticeships will be available to learners wanting to work in early years PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Government launches new flexible apprenticeships

Workforce
DfE statistics suggest fewer staff and children were absent from early years settings at the start of February PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest

Coronavirus
Labour has highlighted the decline in apprenticeship starts this National Apprenticeships Week (7-13 February) PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government urged to do more to increase the number of apprentices

Management
Some nurseries are calling for children to take Covid tests
News

Analysis - Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences

Analysis
Features

Anti-Racist Leadership: part 2 - Looking inward

Management
Nadia Seecharan, manager of Fledglings Day Nursery
Features

Management queries: You’re not alone

Management
Researchers from the UCL found that large private nursery groups were less likely to increase childcare places or invest more in staff PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

Management
The DfE has published figures on Covid-related staff absences in early years settings, PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

Coronavirus
The aim of the Workplace Equality fund is to address longstanding barriers in the Labour market, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

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