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Early years settings will receive funding based on actual termly attendance levels for the summer and autumn terms of 2021
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DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Children's learning and development has been held back by disruption to schools during the pandemic, the NAO said
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Coronavirus: Government must take urgent action on children’s lost learning, says spending watchdog

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Rachel De Souza, the new children's commissioner for England: '‘I want the Childhood Commission to have the spirit and the ambition of the Beveridge Report – something that leads to long term changes that improve the chances of every single child'
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New children's commissioner launches review into post-war style recovery plan for children

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Cyber attacks affecting education and early years settings are 'increasingly common', according to cyber security experts
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UK's cyber security experts give tips on how early years settings can protect themselves from hackers

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Some households have moved during the pandemic, which could lead to an increase in demand for childcare, particularly the South West and South East of England
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Data analysis targets changes in demand for childcare - survey

Coronavirus
Nurseries and pre-schools are being sent lateral flow devices for home testing for Covid-19
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Coronavirus: Nurseries and pre-schools start to receive home-testing kits

Coronavirus
Coram Family and Childcare said that the pandemic has exacerbated issues for the childcare sector and families
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Childcare costs rise above inflation, as providers struggle to remain sustainable

Coronavirus
Routine graded Ofsted inspections are set to re-start in the next few months
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Coronavirus: More details of return to early years inspections set out

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Tulip Siddiq, shadow early years minister, speaking at the Nursery World Business Summit on 4 March 2021
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Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

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To help them recover from the stress of the pandemic, children need space, time and permission to play freely, the campaigners say
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Leading academics call for a summer of play

Coronavirus
Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out the Government's coronavirus response in the budget
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Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

Coronavirus
One parent in Market Harborough is being repaid £1,200 of the fees he was charged
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Nurseries fear refund claims following top-up fee ruling

Analysis
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Private and voluntary settings will be able to access early language catch-up scheme

Coronavirus
The number of children attending nurseries, pre-schools and childminders during the current national lockdown is just 62 per cent of pre-pandemic daily levels
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Coronavirus: Early years sector faces predicted losses of a quarter of a billion pounds this term

Coronavirus
Louise Livingston: 'The reality is that Covid has exposed the pitfalls of our education system with a one-size-fits-all approach'
Opinion

Should we really be telling our children they are 'behind' and need to 'catch up'?

Coronavirus
The Government has said it will continue to offer vaccinations by age, rather than occupation, in phase 2 of the rollout
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Coronavirus: Early years workers and teachers will not be prioritised for phase 2 of the vaccine

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