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Welcome Nurseries has had to temporarily close two of its settings PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Welcome Nurseries forced to close setting after failing to pay rent on time

Provision
Children with SEND in North and West Northamptonshire are unable to apply for high needs funding to support their care in early years settings PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Northamptonshire children with high needs locked out of early years funding

SEND
Chief scientific adviser Professor Lucy Chappell: 'It’s crucial every woman has access to the support they need'
Opinion

How to give new mums and babies the best possible start

Families
Social enterprise LEYF will use the charity bond to grow its business and provide care and education to 10,000 children including those that are disadvantaged PHOTO: Isabelle Johnson/London Early Years Foundation
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LEYF launches charity bond to help achieve plans to double number of nurseries

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Tens of thousands of parents and those in the education sector have given their backing to calls for the prime minister to rethink plans to reduce staff: child ratios PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Thousands of parents and childcare staff back petitions against PM’s plans to relax ratios

Families
Bright Horizons has bought nursery group Only About Children (OAC) PHOTO: OAC
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Bright Horizons acquires Australian nursery group

Management
Little Tigers Nursery and Pre-school is the Little Nursery Group's fourth setting
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West Sussex based nursery group re-brands and opens fourth setting

Provision
The series of reports from the DfE look at the impact of the pandemic on nurseries, school-settings and childminders, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

Coronavirus
Children and families minister Will Quince: '[I've] been tasked by the prime minister to look at how we can ease the regulatory burden on the early years sector. And that means looking at regulation across the board, including ratios'
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Children and families minister posts Twitter video in response to ratios row

Policy & Politics
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman: 'We will do everything in our power to help every child gain the best start in life.’
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Ofsted launches five-year strategy to take account of pandemic's impact on youngest children

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
The prime minister Boris Johnson has said the Government is looking at ways to reduce the cost of childcare, PHOTO - The PM on a visit to Busy Bees in Heathrow last month
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Government to look at ways to reduce childcare costs

Families
Kiddi Caru Harlow, operated by Grandir, has been downgraded from outstanding to inadequate in its latest inspection
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Nursery group Grandir complains to Ofsted after setting downgraded to inadequate

Management
Crafting Connections aims to bring young children and older adults together through the creation of artworks PHOTO Crafting Connections
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Early years settings invited to take part in trial of intergenerational art project

Provision
Nurseries are asking parents not to bring in sun creams that now contain almond oil due to nut allergies PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Nurseries ban use of Nivea sun cream due to formula containing almond oil

Working With Parents
Kings Academy Ringmer School in Lewes, East Sussex, a Let's Go Zero school, has been working on becoming more sustainable since 2005. The school has 70kW of panels on their roofs.
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Government announces measures to help nurseries and schools be more environmentally sustainable

Policy & Politics
Cedars Day Nursery and Pre-school is Complete Childcare's 15th setting
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Nursery groups continue to expand  

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