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A poll found 14 per cent of schools are planning to close to all pupils on the first day of strike action by teachers on 1 February 2023, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Teachers strike to go ahead after education secretary 'squandered an opportunity' to avoid action

Policy & Politics
Parents have already staged a protest against the closure of the nursery, with further protests planned
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Brighton parents campaigning against closure of council-run nursery

Families
Staff turnover in early years settings is 'astronomical', according to one nursery group owner PHOTO Adobe Stock
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High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

Provision
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 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
Seven dates of strike action by teachers have been announced by the NEU, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Teachers to strike in England and Wales

Policy & Politics
The Early Years Equality action group has set a date for a protest in London
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Early years action group to stage protest in March

Funding
Megan Stephans: 'Hope can be found, now as it was in Dickens' time, in people’s willingness to help'
Opinion

Megan Stephens: How the legacy of Victorian philanthropy lives on in the campaign for free school meals

Child Poverty
Liz hosting one of her many Nursery World Awards
Features

A fond farewell to editor-in-chief, Liz Roberts

Practice
Early year providers and parents are calling for more investment and say childcare reforms are urgently needed PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

Policy & Politics
News

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

Funding
The Education Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the affordability of childcare, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Cross-party MPs launch inquiry into childcare affordability

Policy & Politics
Children's Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza has published the second part of her Family Review on behalf of the Government
News

Children's Commissioner for England puts forward recommendations to better support families

Families
Ofsted highlights the recruitment crisis leading to nursery closures in its annual report PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Ofsted annual report – Workforce crisis affecting children's recovery from pandemic

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
The IFS report estimates spending on the ‘free’ entitlement will ‘buy’ 9 per cent less in 2024-25 compared with 2021-22, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Education spending report warns the economic 'squeeze' for the childcare sector is yet to be felt

Policy & Politics
Stella Creasy MP has tabled the amendment to the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill, PHOTO @stellacreasy
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MPs seek law change so childcare is recognised as vital infrastructure

Families

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