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The Education Select Committee wants a statutory register for home-schooled children PHOTO Adobe Stock
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MPs call for 'essential' register of home-educated children

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The number of children attending nurseries and childminding settings fell in the last fortnight PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Figures show a further fall in children attending early years settings

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Kids Planet now operates 75 nurseries across the North West and Midlands PHOTO Katie Whirledge at Papillion PR
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Kids Planet continues rapid expansion with acquisition of 10 nurseries

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Early years settings are calling on the Government to be exempt from self-isolation rules PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Coronavirus: Reported outbreaks in nurseries highest since February

Coronavirus
Public health experts are warning of an increase of cases of norovirus, especially in childcare settings PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Norovirus on the rise in childcare settings

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The sector has spoken out against Government plans to not put early years staff on the critical workers list to be allowed to avoid self-isolation PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Coronavirus: Nursery staff not exempt from self-isolation

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Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

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The survey found that between March and May, 25 per cent of settings had to close due to children or staff isolating, or lack of demand PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

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The Social Mobility Commission proposes a £14bn package of support to lift millions out of poverty PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government urged to put disadvantaged children at ‘centre stage’ of Covid-19 recovery plan

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Nurseries say they do not know how NHS Test and Trace will work in practice now they are no longer responsible for contact tracing in settings PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

Coronavirus
The Development Matters guidance has been updated following feedback from 3,000 early adopters of the revised EYFS, which comes into force in September
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EYFS: Development Matters updated following early adopter trial

Early Years Curriculum
Covid-19 has exacerbated the global crisis in education for the poorest children PHOTO © UNICEF / Dejongh. Children attending class in the Koubia Kindergarten, in Niamey, the capital of Niger
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World's poorest children missing out on early years education

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Andrea Leadsom MP has launched a podcast highlighting the first 1001 Days
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Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast 

Child Development
An increasing number of parents are choosing to home school their children PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government plans for home-education register criticised

Policy & Politics
The Holiday Childcare Survey 2021 reveals the average cost of a place this summer is £145 a week, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Summer holiday childcare costs up by 5 per cent

Childcare Costs
David Wright, owner of Paint Pots Nurseries: 'We are just expected to muddle through'
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'Early years is an afterthought in Test and Trace guidance'

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