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Campaigners are calling for a rise in the value of Healthy Start vouchers, which give low-income families access to fresh fruit and vegetables PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

Child Poverty
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to reform childcare PHOTO Twitter
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Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

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London is England’s ‘childcare affordability blackspot’, according to the Nesta analysis PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

Provision
The Women's Budget Group wants the Chancellor to commit to adequately fund childcare, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

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SEND improvement plan – sector response

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The Government has pledged provision to support all families and children with SEND, regardless of where they live PHOTO Adobe Stock
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SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

SEND
The survey revealed how some parents are having to reduce their working hours due to childcare costs or availability, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Parents claim it doesn't make 'financial sense' to work due to childcare costs - survey

Childcare Costs
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Health & Wellbeing: Understanding resilience

Practice
Dr Julian Grenier says early years settings should be careful about how they assess what is working and what isn’t
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Research Nurseries: Evidence-based practice at a nursery with no disadvantage gap

Practice
Megan Stephans: 'Hope can be found, now as it was in Dickens' time, in people’s willingness to help'
Opinion

Megan Stephens: How the legacy of Victorian philanthropy lives on in the campaign for free school meals

Child Poverty
Deputy manager Leanna Clarke in action
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Research nurseries: How a nursery in Sheffield is using research to inform its practice

Practice
Debden Primary CofE Academy take part in a Little Troopers workshop
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Health & wellbeing – forces for good

Practice
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Health & wellbeing – happy days

Practice
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How to fix our broken childcare system: as well as more cash, local councils are key

Coronavirus
Ofsted highlights the recruitment crisis leading to nursery closures in its annual report PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ofsted annual report – Workforce crisis affecting children's recovery from pandemic

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
'It is vital that settings are put in the spotlight and recognised for their work with SEND.'
Opinion

Mandy Wilding: ‘Recognising outstanding work with SEND is so important’

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