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The State of the Nation report highlights the challenges women face to achieve equality in the workplace when they have young children PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Growing number of parents getting into debt to pay for 'childcare'

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New data shows a huge increase in active job vacancies for early years staff, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Early years job vacancies up by 146 per cent on pre-pandemic levels

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Delegates taking part in the Nursery World Business Summit on 4 February 2024 PHOTO Colin Miller
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LONG READ: Nursery World Business Summit – Concern children with SEND and poorer families could miss out on expanded hours

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The new Flexible & Family Friendly Working APPG, from left to right: Tulip Siddiq MP, Jane van Zyl, CEO at Working Families, Rt Hon Dame Maria Miller
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Cross-party Parliamentary group set up to champion flexible working

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Children and families minister David Johnston speaking at Nursery World's Business Summit on 2 February 2024 PHOTO Colin Miller
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NW Business Summit: No plans to remove the word 'free' from the 15 and 30 hours, says children's minister

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Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

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University leaders want the Government to extend the Childcare Grant to postgraduate student with young children, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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University leaders call on Government to expand the Childcare Grant to postgraduate students

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Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

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LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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The MPs' report notes concerns around the stress and anxiety experienced by school staff due to the ‘high-stakes’ nature of Ofsted inspections PHOTO Adobe Stock
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MPs call for Ofsted to end single-word inspection judgements

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Key findings from Education Select Committee report into Ofsted's work with schools

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Local authorities have said they are concerned they won't be able to meet demand for the expanded offer once it rolls out from April, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Local authorities concerned there won't be enough places for the expanded offer

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More than 37,800 practitioners have registered for the DfE's Early Years Child Development Training, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Tens of thousands register for DfE's early years catch-up training

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Three in every ten children - 4.2 million children - live in poverty, reveals the JRF report, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Three in every ten children in the UK live in poverty as ‘scale of destitution’ rises fast

Families
Parents unable to access their two-year-old funding codes via the Childcare Service are now to be send a temporary code
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Ministers provide 'temporary fix' so parents can get their code for the extended hours

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The DfE has promised to give all local authorities extra money to cover additional funding weeks for under-twos places, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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DfE miscalculated under-twos places by £120m, but says it will cover whatever it costs

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