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There are calls for Ofsted inspections to be suspended as countries bring in measures to contain the virus
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Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

Policy & Politics
Moderate use of tablets, smart phones and computers is appropriate for five-year-olds, the OECD study said
News

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

Early Years Curriculum
Tops Day Nurseries provides vegetarian and vegan food to staff during meetings and training
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Nursery group offers free plant-based meals to staff

Health
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Budget 2020: Nurseries omitted from business rates holiday

Policy & Politics
Leaving a baby to cry can help them to develop self-regulation, researchers have found
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Leaving a baby to cry has no negative effects on child development

Birth to Threes
More than 80 per cent of parents receiving childcare support through universal credit are single mothers
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Universal credit childcare rules could discriminate against women

Families
Pregnant Then Screwed wants the Government to provide properly subsidised childcare from the age of nine months
News

Cost of childcare 'punishing' for working parents

Childcare Costs
Children 1st is joint first in the Nursery Chains quality league table. Pictured is Children 1st@Rosemary Lane in Lincoln, which opened in 2018
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Children 1st are joint top of Nursery World’s Ofsted league table

Provision
Nursery owner Debbie Moliterno says she worries every month about outgoings because of the burden of business rates
News

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

Business
The petition calls for the 15-hour childcare offer to be available for working parents when babies are nine months old
News

MPs to debate offering 15-hour childcare from nine months

Policy & Politics
The campaign group want 30-hour childcare to be made available to all children Image by Equality for Disadvantaged Children
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Campaigners call for 30-hour childcare to be made universal to close disadvantage gap

Closing the Gap
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Workforce survey: Early years sector under increasing strain

Workforce
O’Shana Haughton, deputy manager and the second lead at Stockwell Gardens Nursery and Pre-School (LEYF) Credit: London Early Years Foundation/Isabelle Johnson
News

Nursery group launches men-only apprenticeships

Apprenticeships
Dr Elizabeth Kilbey: 'Playing together builds language skills and vital social interaction skills'
Opinion

'You don’t always have to read a story, you can make one up'

Families
The report finds that the UK still has one of the highest mortality rates in Europe for children with asthma
News

'UK in danger of failing a generation of children’, warn doctors

Health
Most insurance policies would not provide cover if nurseries had to close because of an outbreak of coronavirus
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Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases'

Business

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