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The overall number of male teachers has declined, but the proportion of BME male teachers has risen to 17 percent of the workforce
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Number of male teachers in England drops

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Many of the early years practitioners in outdoor settings are career changers, who have moved away from indoor roles, in search of improved well-being and job satisfaction
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Scottish Government airs films to promote outdoor nurseries and play

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Supporters want play and learning outdoors to be an everyday activity for all children in Scotland
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Local authorities across Scotland commit to life-enhancing outdoor play for children

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Marcus Rashford: ‘Whatever your feeling, opinion, or judgement, food poverty is never the child's fault'
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Marcus Rashford launches petition to end child food poverty

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Early years providers are struggling to access Covid tests, despite the Government saying they should have priority access to tests
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EXCLUSIVE: Ofsted data shows early years settings with Covid cases doubling every week

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Many children now living in poverty were in working households before the pandemic
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Fears the pandemic pushing children further into poverty

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One of the Childs-Play nurseries acquired by Manchester-based group MiChild, which now owns 18 settings
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Nursery expansion continues despite Covid crisis

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Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of I CAN, will retire as chief executive next March
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Chief executive of I CAN to retire from speech and language charity

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Little Oaks in Manchester bought a portable sink with their grant
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Coronavirus: PVI recovery fund a ‘lifeline’ for early years settings

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Spending time playing and exploring the outdoors is vital to children's well-being
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Nurseries and childminders urged to take learning outside on Outdoor Classroom Day

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Maintained nursery schools fear closure without emergency funding to cover their losses during the pandemic
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Coronavirus: Nursery schools warn survival on a 'cliff edge'

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Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

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Men account for just 3 per cent of the early years workforce in the UK, compared to 9 per cent in Norway
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Men in childcare: now is a ‘crucial’ time to act

Men in Childcare
Multiple studies show that outdoor learning can boost children's well-being, health, attainment and resilience
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Environmental and youth organisations call for MP inquiry into benefits of outdoor learning

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Primary schools are focussing on reading as 'the foundation for wider learning' in children's return to school
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Parental anxiety leads to rise in parents choosing to home school children - Ofsted

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Figures show that the number of children returning to early years settings is on the rise
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Occupancy in early years settings rising slowly

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