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Laura House: 'The influence of EYFS practitioners cannot be overstated when it comes to raising children to espouse the principles of tolerance and equality'
Opinion

Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

Child Development
A still from Barnardo's new TV campaign Believe in Me campaign, which highlights the importance of support services for children and young people who have experienced bereavement
News

Barnardo's launches campaign to help parents talk to children about bereavement

Provision
600,000 babies have been born in England since the first lockdown began
News

Babies ignored in Government’s Covid catch-up plans, campaigners warn

Coronavirus
'There are young children at risk of abuse and neglect who need help and are not receiving it because they are not known to services' - Carey Oppenheim, co-author of the review and early childhood lead at the Nuffield Foundation
News

Abuse and neglect in early childhood in ‘urgent need of review’ – study

Coronavirus
The pandemic has likely led to many children with special educational needs and disabilities facing long wait for support
News

Support for pupils with special educational needs is ‘erratic’ and ‘unequal’

Provision
The SSE Hydro is lit UN blue to mark the Scottish Parliament's passing historic legislation to incorporate The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child directly into Scottish law
News

Scotland: Children’s rights enshrined in law in historic passing of Bill

Legislation
News

Coronavirus: Children missed out on speech and language therapy in first lockdown

Children's Speech & Language
Rachel De Souza, the new children's commissioner for England: '‘I want the Childhood Commission to have the spirit and the ambition of the Beveridge Report – something that leads to long term changes that improve the chances of every single child'
News

New children's commissioner launches review into post-war style recovery plan for children

Policy & Politics
The report explores grandparents’ roles in the lives of grandchildren and its potential to impact positively on well-being
News

Need to rekindle grandparents' role post-pandemic

Families
Some households have moved during the pandemic, which could lead to an increase in demand for childcare, particularly the South West and South East of England
News

Data analysis targets changes in demand for childcare - survey

Coronavirus
Coram Family and Childcare said that the pandemic has exacerbated issues for the childcare sector and families
News

Childcare costs rise above inflation, as providers struggle to remain sustainable

Coronavirus
Many parents felt too ashamed to seek help, researchers found
News

Domestic abuse 'most common' in pregnancy and before baby reaches the age of two

Families
Tulip Siddiq, shadow early years minister, speaking at the Nursery World Business Summit on 4 March 2021
News

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

Policy & Politics
To help them recover from the stress of the pandemic, children need space, time and permission to play freely, the campaigners say
News

Leading academics call for a summer of play

Coronavirus
Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out the Government's coronavirus response in the budget
News

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

Coronavirus
News

Private and voluntary settings will be able to access early language catch-up scheme

Coronavirus

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