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Chair of Family First Andy Morris at one of the group's nurseries
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Ex-Asquith boss grows new group to 10 nurseries

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In future, all early years providers will be inspected at least once every six years
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Ofsted: Early years inspections to move to 'six-year window'

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
More than nine in ten respondents want to see play included in the alternative EYFS guidance
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Practitioners want play and characteristics of effective learning in alternative EYFS guidance

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

Coronavirus
Old Station, a subsidiary of international operator La Maison Bleue, has acquired Sunhill Daycare Nurseries group
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Old Station buys 11 nurseries as groups across the country continue to expand

Business
Children under 16 were exposed to 15bn online ads for junk food last year
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UK to ban junk food ads online to tackle child obesity

Child Obesity
Many families cannot afford wet-weather clothes for their children
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Crowdfunder aims to provide thousands of deprived children with waterproofs and wellies

Provision
Strict rules put in place by hospital trusts during the pandemic are preventing many parents of sick and premature newborns from seeing their babies
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Coronavirus: Parents of sick babies unable to stay with them in hospital due to Covid rules

Coronavirus
Barnardo's has launched Boloh - which means speak in many languages - a Covid-19 Helpline for BAME families
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Coronavirus: Helpline launched for BAME families

Coronavirus
Almost all early years providers surveyed said that children's learning and development was affected by lockdown
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Ofsted: Children's learning and development regressed in lockdown

Coronavirus
Dr Julian Grenier giving the opening speech at Nursery World's online EYFS conference
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Early years practitioners can make 'a positive' difference' to child health

Child Development
There is concern that inequality has risen during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Innovation agency seeks local authority partners 'to reimagine' early years services

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
Extra-curricular clubs, such as art, can stay open if they operate before- or after-school, because many parents use them for childcare and they are considered an extension to the school day
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Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

Coronavirus
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman
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Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

Coronavirus
Grandparents can be part of a child's 'childcare bubble', but it must always be the same grandparents
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No limit on informal childcare bubble size during second lockdown

Coronavirus

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