Katy Morton

The CBI is calling on the Government to invest £8.9bn in childcare ahead of the Spring Budget, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
News

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

Funding
Famly has launched a new hub of support for the early years sector
News

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

Provision
Rutland Early Years childminding agency has been rated 'ineffective' by Ofsted
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Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

Funding
Muti-Active, an out-of-school and holiday club provider operating across the Home Counties, has gone into liquidation
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Out-of-school and holiday club provider goes into liquidation

Provision
Shirley King, dog trainer/behaviourist
Opinion

Shirley King, dog trainer/behaviourist: 'Teaching children early on about dog behaviour will help prevent many dog bites'

Viewpoint
Oliver Steeper tragically died in hospital at nine months old after choking on food at nursery, PHOTO @TOSFOUNDATIONUK
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Oliver Steeper's parents appeal against CPS decision that no-one is accountable for his death

Safeguarding
Harp Nurseries now appears to be operating just 12 of the 26 settings it took on from Welcome
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Harp Nurseries closes more settings

Provision
The NAO report highlights the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
News

Disadvantaged children 'disproportionally' affected by learning loss during the pandemic

Policy & Politics
Eastfield Primary school staff on strike, PHOTO: @NEUnion Twitter
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Hundreds of thousands of teachers take to the picket lines

Policy & Politics
Funzone in Redditch had its rent hiked from £12,000 to £68,000
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Out-of-school providers at risk as rent bills skyrocket

Analysis
As part of the campaign, a short Claymation film has been released of a child during her first five years of life, STILL: Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
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Princess of Wales launches new early childhood campaign

Families
The research from the EYA and LEYF reveals the struggle many childcare providers are facing to provide nutritious meals due to rising living costs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Cost-of-living crisis impacts settings' abilities to provide healthy meals

Families
The JRF's annual report on poverty reveals the scale of the problem in the UK, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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'Heartbreaking and wrong' that a million young children are growing up in poverty

Policy & Politics
The Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has appointed experts to advise her on her work on early childhood, PHOTO The Royal Foundation
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The Princess of Wales appoints early childhood experts to advisory board

Research
The report finds the cost-of-living crisis is widening inequalities, especially in the North of England. PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Children in the North of England most impacted by economic crisis, warn MPs

Families
Nursery children playing with a Fisher Price telephone, first released in the 1960s, PHOTO Busy Bees
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Parents storing their old Barbies, Rubik's Cubes and Fisher Price Toys to pass on to their children

Families