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The statutory roll-out of the Foundation Phase for three-to-four year-olds in Wales began yesterday, despite concerns over a £10m shortfall in funding.

Children born into poverty are ten times more at risk of cot death than children from wealthier families, and much more prone to chronic illness, according to new research.

Just 3 per cent of early years providers failed their inspections in the past three years, Ofsted's children's director Michael Hart stressed in an exclusive interview with Nursery World as Ofsted released its latest review of childcare and early education this week (27 August).

The latest Ofsted review has found steady improvements in the quality of early years education and childcare provision in daycare settings year-on-year.

Ofsted's third and final review from the three-year cycle of inspections focuses on how early years and childcare providers organise, lead and manage settings to promote positive outcomes for children.