Annette Rawstrone

Labour's plans for early years funding account for less than 1 per cent of its overall education investment.
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Labour pledges £110m for early years out of total £14.7bn Children’s Recovery Plan

Policy & Politics
The Montessori approach is highly relevant to our times.
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Montessori practice to receive a boost from new research fund

Funding
Schools and non-maintained settings will be funded with £13m to support learning and wellbeing.
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Non-maintained settings in Wales to benefit from post-Covid education recovery plan

Funding
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New guidance for early years settings on potty training

Child Development
The annual sleepover raises money for vulnerable children PHOTO Action for Children
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Drawing competition invites children to 'boycott their beds'

Families
The number of children that now qualify for free school meals has risen during the pandemic PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Labour calls for free school meals in school holidays, as eligibility rises

Child Poverty
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Latest data shows early years attendance has risen slightly

Provision
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Coronavirus: DfE had 'no plan', MPs' report finds

Coronavirus
Ollie Humphries is the new chief executive of the Family First nursery group
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Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

Provision
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Free music training on offer for early years practitioners

Careers & Training
Nearly four out of five (79 per cent) of respondents with children stated they had days where they had a childcare breakdown in a typical year.
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Family friendly employers now key to a productive and happy workforce, says survey

Management
The children using litter-pickers to collect waste from the woods
Features

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… litter picking

Activities
Yorkshire Montessori Nurseries looks to create a calm environment
Features

Learning Environment - Less is more

Practice
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Resources: New anti-racism guide for early years

Resources
HRH Nurseries has been sold to expanding group Kindred Nurseries
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Kindred Nurseries acquires Cambridgeshire nursery group

Provision
Children starting school in September will be the first to take the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA)
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Call to scrap the Reception Baseline intensifies

Early Years Curriculum