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Smart money app Plum has written an open letter to Government campaigning for better early years support for parents, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Open letter demands Government give parents a 'better deal' with early years provision

Families
Bright Horizons has published its annual Modern Families' Index, PHOTO: Bright Horizons
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Employers moving backwards in enabling parents to balance their work/family life

Families
Features

What Research Tells Us: ‘Children’s voices: Inclusive early childhood placemaking with children’

Practice
Any type of resource can be used to support number skills.
Features

Maths: Harness the executive function to help children gain a deep understanding of maths

Practice
Emotion Coaching is the the first trial to be commissioned by the EEF into children's PSED, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Early years practitioners invited to take part in programme to improve children's self-regulation

Research
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

Families
The Sutton Trust has accused the Government of 'failing disadvantaged children' with the way it treats its early years policies, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Attainment gap ‘at risk of widening’ in current policy outlook, experts warn

Provision
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
Features

What research tells us: Bucharest Early Intervention Project, 2000

Practice
Recognising the importance of supporting and identifying learning behaviours remains a critical area of development for EYFS educators.
Features

Learning Behaviours: How should we view the CoEL?

Practice
Rosebuds Day Nursery in Liverpool took part in a former trial of the NELI Pre-school programme
News

PVI settings invited to take part in early language trial

Research
The NEU survey shows that teachers are worried about their finances, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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More than half of teachers worried about keeping up with household bills

Research
The research highlights how in many local authorities in deprived areas there are three children for every one early years place, risking 'locking' them into a 'lifetime of poverty'
News

Nearly half of children under five live in 'childcare deserts'

Provision
The latest Ofsted figures reveal a fall in the number of early years places, just months ahead of the expansion of the funded entitlement, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
News

30 hours expansion 'likely to fall flat on its face' as Ofsted stats reveal a 'plummet' in childcare places

Provision
The NDNA's analysis shows many providers are not seeing much of an increase to their hourly funding rate, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
News

Providers getting just 32p extra in hourly funding despite Govt claims of 'substantially uplifted' rates

Funding
Nearly two in five parents that took part in the survey said juggling after-school care has meant they are behind with their work, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
News

'Chronic shortage' of accessible wrap-a-round care having 'negative impact' on parents' careers

Provision

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