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Children's minister Maree Todd on a visit to a nursery
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Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

Policy & Politics
Beatrice Merrick: 'Far less attention has been given to the issue of whether the workforce reflects the ethnicities of the children and families it supports'
Opinion

Diversity in the early years workforce: new data but more is needed

Policy & Politics
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One million children living in poverty ineligible for free school meals

Policy & Politics
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Nottinghamshire nurseries chosen to help flght childhood obesity

Child Obesity
The Duchess of Cambridge at the launch of the '5 Big Questions' survey earlier this year
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Duchess of Cambridge to reveal findings of early years survey

Policy & Politics
Dr Janet Rose is the first patron of the campaign to regulate nannies
News

Norland Nanny principal joins campaign to regulate nannies

Policy & Politics
Chancellor Rishi Sunak visited Rosedene Nurseries in Northallerton in September to thank them for caring for the children of local hospital staff during lockdown
News

Spending Review: Early years sector to receive a rise of £44m in 2021-22

Policy & Politics
Sally Leese, head teacher at Castle Vale Nursery School in Birmingham on a march on Downing Street in 2019
News

Nursery schools need long-term funding resolution to survive, MPs warn Treasury

Funding
Andrea Leadsom MP is chair of the Early Years Healthy Development Review
News

Coronavirus: Early years review considers benefits of digital support for new parents

Families
Campaigner Mark Williams says fathers needs support during the perinatal health period, as well as mothers
News

More support needed for fathers in perinatal period

Fathers
Tom McBride, director of evidence, Early Intervention Foundation: 'Problems will have been missed without face-to-face contact'
Opinion

Ofsted warning underlines the pressures facing vulnerable children and families right now 

Coronavirus
In future, all early years providers will be inspected at least once every six years
News

Ofsted: Early years inspections to move to 'six-year window'

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
News

Babies in lockdown: ‘perfect storm’ caused by withdrawal of key services

Coronavirus
Children under 16 were exposed to 15bn online ads for junk food last year
News

UK to ban junk food ads online to tackle child obesity

Child Obesity
Almost all early years providers surveyed said that children's learning and development was affected by lockdown
News

Ofsted: Children's learning and development regressed in lockdown

Coronavirus
Healthy Start Vouchers for low-income families with under-fours will rise to £4.25 a week from April 2021
News

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

Child Poverty

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