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Vicky Ford, children and families minister
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Children's minister accused of 'insulting' childminders over closures

Policy & Politics
Nurseries in Wales have had their business rates relief extended to help them recover from the impact of Covid and remain sustainable PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Wales extends business rates relief for nurseries until 2025

Policy & Politics
Primary schools report concerns about young children's 'emotional and academic readiness' for school PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Children's transition into Reception impacted by Covid

Coronavirus
While some families with new babies are keen to mix with others again, others are more reluctant PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Coronavirus: Services for babies 'stretched' and failing to reach many families

Coronavirus
As well as health checks, dentistry is also an area of concern PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

Analysis
Should nursery workers be fully vaccinated to work in early years settings? PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Early years sector split over making Covid vaccine a condition of employment

Coronavirus
Interest is growing in an alternative approach to mainstream education postpandemic
Features

A Special Report On - Montessori

Practice
Nurseries and pre-schools will receive CO2 monitors in line with schools, but childminders have been excluded from the scheme
News

Nurseries and pre-schools will receive air quality monitors next term

Coronavirus
Lathallan Nursery in Angus has taken part in the Virtual Nature School
News

Virtual learning about nature leads to outdoor experiences for nursery children

Coronavirus
Family First has bought Nursery on the Green (pictured) and Nursery on the Hill, both in Enfield
News

Family First nursery group acquires 21st setting

Management
Parents in deprived areas were more likely to report that they were struggling to find childcare PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Poorer families struggle to access childcare - survey

Policy & Politics
Rainbow Day Nursery has been bought by Atherton House
News

North-West nursery group buys fifth setting

Provision
The campaign aims to encourage more diversity in books available in children's libraries PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Just 5 per cent of nursery books feature characters in non-stereotypical gender roles

Birth to Threes
Childminder Kirsty Sarney says the way childminders have been treated is unfair: 'Childminders have been forgotten. We’re the bottom of the pecking order.'
News

Childminder campaigns for Government to change rules on Coronavirus isolation

Coronavirus
Play Therapy UK and Play Therapy International say that the Coronation Street episode 'discounted the effectiveness of play therapy', PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Play therapists demand ITV apologise for airing Coronation Street episode that 'brings the profession into disrepute'

Behaviour
The Sutton Trust has called it a 'national scandal' that the poorest three and four-year-olds are 'locked out' of the 30 hours policy
News

Make 30 hours funded childcare universal to close the attainment gap

30 Hours Free Childcare

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