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The aim of the Workplace Equality fund is to address longstanding barriers in the Labour market, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

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From left to right: Kirsty Love, head of operational projects and transitions at The Old Station Nursery Group Sadie Willett, HR officer at Polkadot Nurseries Sarah Steel, chief executive of The Old Station Nursery group
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Old Station Nursery group expands to 53 settings

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Childminders who are forced to close their setting due to household members with Covid are not eligible for the NHS Track and Trace payment PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Childminders ineligible for £500 payment when forced to close due to household Covid cases

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The NDNA snap poll found around one in five staff were absent from early years settings due to Covid at the beginning of the month PHOTO Adobe Stock
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EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

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The new Ofsted guidance says that providers must notify the inspectorate of changes to employees' mental health including 'stress-related' issues PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Sector outraged by new ‘insensitive’ Ofsted guidance on reporting employees’ ‘emotional issues’

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Ofsted has withdrawn the guidance on reporting changes to health in response to concerns from the sector
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Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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Guided play can be better than direct instruction at boosting children's numeracy skills, according to research from the University of Cambridge PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Guided play as effective as adult-led instruction for children's learning and development

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Nurseries have been struggling with staff shortages amid rising cases of the Omicron variant PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Early years settings told they can relax ratios as Covid deemed an 'exceptional circumstance'

Coronavirus
Official figures show show that Ofsted received 3,697 reports of Covid-19 in settings on 20 December PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Number of Covid cases in early years settings more than doubles

Coronavirus
Half of survey respondents said they are using supply teachers to cover Covid-related absences PHOTO Adobe Stock
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'Schools teetering on the edge' with staff Covid absences

Coronavirus
The research suggests that hundred of thousands of teachers could be working in classrooms without opening windows - thought to be key by the Government in increasing ventilation to reduce the spread of Covid PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Calls for better ventilation in schools as a quarter of teachers work in classrooms without opening windows

Coronavirus
George Perkins Day Nursery has been acquired by Kids Planet
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Kids Planet grows to 95 nurseries

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Poplars nursery manager Hayley Hinton with Thrive's operations director Andre Fallows
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Thrive Childcare and Education adds another setting

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The NDNA wants routine inspections to continue to be put on hold for the next few weeks PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ofsted dismisses calls to temporarily suspend early years inspections due to Covid

Inspection
The first Nordic Star Nursery will open in Islington
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Finnish childcare provider expands into the UK

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Camau Bach in Aberystwyth, one of more than 1,000 early years settings run by Mudiad Meithrin PHOTO Rocksalt
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New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

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