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The Department for Education (DfE) falls short of its target for the take-up of funded two-year-old places
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Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children

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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
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
Audit Scotland says councils have just half of the staff they need for settings to deliver the 1,400 hours from August
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Roll-out of Scotland's 1,140 hours could face delays, warns spending watchdog

Policy & Politics
Nurseries are not currently covered by insurers if they have to close over coronavirus cases
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Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

Health
Funded childcare - should it be free, subsidised, or a mixed model?
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Exclusive: Sector survey finds mixed views on 'free' childcare entitlements

Funding
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Local authorities urged to stop nursery school closure plans

Policy & Politics
Parents are paying 5 per cent more for childcare than they were a year ago
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Childcare costs rise above inflation

Families
Informal childcare before children started school was found to lead to better verbal skills in Reception and Year 1
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SEED: mixed findings from latest research following 6,000 two-year-olds into school

Policy & Politics
The Kiddi Caru nursery is based in the Empress State building in Earl’s Court
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Kiddi Caru to close Earls Court nursery

Provision
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Nursery World Show 2020 - Early years in action

Practice
Large corporate groups are predicted to continue to buy up smaller nursery businesses
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Large nursery groups 'hungrier' for growth, report suggests

Business
Environmental centre Skelton Grange is one of the award nominees
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The Big Picture - Leading in Leeds

Families
The figures reveal that over a third of local authority areas have seen a reduction in children's centres of 50 per cent or more
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New Government figures reveal true scale of children's centre closures

Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres
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Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

Funding
Clare Roberts, chief executive of Kids Planet (left) with Jennie Johnson, former chief executive of Kids Allowed
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Kids Planet buys Kids Allowed

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