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MPs call on Government to carry out 'meaningful review' of early years funding

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The Duchess of York is a new ambassador for Montessori education

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Take part in the National Week of Play from 21-27 June

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More than 7 in 10 children in Scotland are accessing the 1,140- hour early learning and childcare offer
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Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

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The Duchess of Cambridge has set up a research centre for early childhood development PHOTO Kensington Palace
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Duchess of Cambridge launches early years research centre

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Dr Carol Homden: 'Ensuring that our youngest children get the best start in life is essential and should not be treated as the Cinderella of national recovery'
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Prioritising early years is vital to prevent a 'missed generation'

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Nearly 8,000 schools and nurseries in the UK are in areas above the WHO PM2.5 limit of 10ug/m3, nearly all of them in England
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Campaigners call for Government to do more to tackle air pollution around nurseries and schools

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Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term

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An independent review into children's social care has called for Government policies to tackle the inequality and poverty faced by families across England PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Children and families in social care are ‘not getting a good enough deal’, report reveals

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Scotland: Ban on parents attending nursery graduations challenged in Parliament

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Neil Leitch, chief executive, Early Years Alliance, said the early years sector had been treated as 'an afterthought' by the Government during the Covid crisis
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Government treatment of early years sector 'unforgivable'

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The documents reveal that the Government was aware that the cost of funding places for three- and four-year-olds under 30-hour childcare would likely lead to higher costs for parents of younger children
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Government 'knowingly underfunded' the early years sector

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'Tragic' figures show more than 2,500 early years settings have closed

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Families were filmed in everyday situations with health visitors giving feedback to support them, which researchers found led to a reduction in children's behavioural issues PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Health visitor parenting support programme leads to ‘striking’ change in toddlers' behaviour

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Children from Rosedene Nurseries explore Saltburn Beach on the North Yorkshire coast
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Nursery group launches beach school

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Labour urges Conservative MPs to vote for its education catch-up plans

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