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ICP Education has bought Pilrig Children's Nursery in Edinburgh
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Two of UK's biggest groups continue to expand

Management
Monkeypox typically causes a rash, fever and swollen lymph nodes PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Monkeypox: Guidance suggests children that are close contacts should not attend nursery

Provision
The Family Music Hub will provide support to early years practitioners with music making activities PHOTO Adobe Stock
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New project to support music making in the early years

Birth to Threes
The analysis from the Nuffield Foundation warns of the impact the cost of living crisis will have on parents and their young children PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Cost of living crisis will put further pressure on parents with young children, warns report

Families
Bright Horizons has bought a former independent school in Essex
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Nursery groups continue to grow

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Less than half of the current eligible families are using Tax-Free Childcare PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Tax-Free Childcare continues to be used by less than half the families eligible  

Families
The YMCA's new nursery will open in the charity's Newark and Sherwood Community and Activity Village
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YMCA to open new nursery in the summer

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The independent review into children's social care calls for radical reform of the system PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government commits to children's social care reform after review calls for a 'fundamental reset'

Families
Kids Planet has bought the Little Acorns (Huddersfield) nursery group of three sites
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Kids Planet grows to 113 settings with purchase of three-site nursery group

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The IFS highlights how existing Government childcare policies support a 'minority' of parents, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ministers urged to 'think carefully' when introducing new policies to reduce childcare costs

Families
The Government has provided a response to a petition against the reduction of childcare ratios for two-year-olds, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government responds to petition against relaxation of childcare ratios

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The research finds four and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the levels of development in 2021 than before the pandemic, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Report lays bare the impact of Covid on four and five-year-olds' development

Policy & Politics
Charity Working Families wants flexible working to be accessible to all, including industries that are less suited to home working, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Flexible working should not be the 'preserve of those who work at a desk'

Families
N Family Club has secured investment to increase the number of settings it operates, PHOTO N Family Club
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N Family Club secures £37.5m to grow the group to more than 80 sites

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The DfE has updated guidance on the two -year-old check
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Updated guidance for early years practitioners on two-year-old check

Early Years Curriculum
Greater Manchester Police investigating the death of a child have arrested two women PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Two women arrested after death of a child following a 'medical episode' at nursery

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