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London Mayor's business support programme expands with new online hub for early years settings

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Sarah Steel, chief executive of the Old Station Nursery group, will take up her position as NDNA's new chair in November
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Sarah Steel named new NDNA chair

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Minister dismisses parent campaign petition calling for childcare funding review

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Busy Bees Childcare nursery reopens after closing due to lack of staff

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The Scottish Government is to extend funded childcare to all one- and two-year-olds during this parliament
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Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Eighty-five per cent of nurseries are making or loss or just breaking even, up from 54 per cent in 2018, the NDNA survey found PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

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Primary schools report concerns about young children's 'emotional and academic readiness' for school PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Children starting Reception face 'the most challenging school start for generations'

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Chestnuts in Barnwood is one of three settings purchased by Just Childcare
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Just Childcare buys group of three nurseries in Gloucester

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Vicky Ford, children and families minister
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Children's minister accused of 'insulting' childminders over closures

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Nurseries in Wales have had their business rates relief extended to help them recover from the impact of Covid and remain sustainable PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Wales extends business rates relief for nurseries until 2025

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Primary schools report concerns about young children's 'emotional and academic readiness' for school PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Children's transition into Reception impacted by Covid

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Coronavirus: Services for babies 'stretched' and failing to reach many families

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Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

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Early years sector split over making Covid vaccine a condition of employment

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Interest is growing in an alternative approach to mainstream education postpandemic
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Nurseries and pre-schools will receive CO2 monitors in line with schools, but childminders have been excluded from the scheme
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Nurseries and pre-schools will receive air quality monitors next term

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