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The NDNA survey reveals the benefit to nursery businesses if they were exempt from business rates, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Chancellor urged to abolish business rates for nurseries that 'push businesses into making a loss'

Management
Hillingdon parents campaigning against the council's decision to close its three nurseries PHOTO Watkins and Gunn
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Hillingdon Council withdraws decision to close its nurseries

Families
New research from Ofsted aims to help practitioners raise the quality of education they provide children impacted by the pandemic PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

Provision
The coalition, convened by Kindred Squared, puts forward four alternative childcare funding proposals, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Early years coalition calls for 'radical rethink' of childcare funding

Policy & Politics
LEYF has secured £1.5m through its charity bond, PHOTO Isabelle Johnson/London Early Years Foundation
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LEYF achieves £1.5m target to grow the business

Funding
The guidance on trauma-informed practice has been published by the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities PHOTO Adobe Stock
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New resource to help early years sector recognise the signs of trauma

Resources
The NAHT survey reveals schools are having to make 'swingeing cuts' due to rising costs and Government underfunding PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Teaching union highlights the 'desperate' cuts schools are making to stay afloat

Provision
A screen grab from a DfE video posted on Twitter of Claire Coutinho visiting the Thee Trees Family Wellbeing Centre in Brent on 3 November 2022
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Claire Coutinho MP confirmed as children's minister

Policy & Politics
Robert Halfon has been appointed an education minister by Rishi Sunak
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Two ex-education ministers up to replace Halfon as education committee chair

Policy & Politics
The Early Years Alliance survey suggests there is strong opposition among childminders about joining an agency, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Making childminder agencies compulsory would lead to 'mass exodus' of profession – survey

Policy & Politics
The coalition of 100 charities, professional bodies and trade associations, is calling for urgent action to increase the specialist workforce for children and young people PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Coalition of experts call on Government to urgently address SEND workforce shortage

Children's Speech & Language
Co-founders of Just Childcare, David and Jacqueline Johnson, have now left the nursery group's board
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Just Childcare appoints new chief executive to replace co-founder David Johnson

Business
ICAPE want current testing in primary schools to be replaced by a system that prioritises children's learning PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Educators call for primary school testing to be scrapped

Policy & Politics
Primrose Children’s Day Nursery in Leicester is one of 26 nurseries owned by the Harp Group
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Nursery group that bought Welcome appoints MD amid rebrand

Provision
MPs will debate the petition against the relaxation of ratios on 14 November, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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MPs to debate petition against the relaxation of ratios

Policy & Politics
Findings from the survey of childminders highlighted how increased paperwork is impacting upon their practice, contributing to the decline of the workforce, PHOTO SCMA
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Scottish childminders call for major reform to inspections that are 'geared' towards nurseries

Funding