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Vicky Ford has been appointed as children and families minister following the prime minister's reshuffle
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Gibb and Ford to split early years responsibilities at DfE

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Call for nurseries to take part in early years maths research

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SEND campaigers to hand the Prime Minister an invoice for £12m

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Parents are paying 5 per cent more for childcare than they were a year ago
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Childcare costs rise above inflation

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Reception baseline provides 'accurate' assessment for children's progress

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Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

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People do not have enough money to lead a healthy life, with a large number resorting to food banks, the report says
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Austerity 'highly likely' to have caused 'shocking' damage to nation's health

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Childbase Partnership's chairman Mike Thompson and managing director Emma Rooney
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Childbase Partnership ranked Number 1 in top 25 companies to work for list

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Nurseries should teach children conversational skills, say parents

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parents reported conflicting advice about when to wean their babies. NHS advice states that most babies should start solid foods at six months,
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New campaign to boost parents' confidence with weaning

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The APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood want supermarkets to do more to empower families to make healthy choices
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Supermarkets should play a leading role in solving obesity crisis

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Informal childcare before children started school was found to lead to better verbal skills in Reception and Year 1
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SEED: mixed findings from latest research following 6,000 two-year-olds into school

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Kaligo claims to be the first digital handwriting exercise book using a stylus and tablet. It is one of six apps approved by ministers to support pre-school children's learning at home PHOTO Kaligo
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DfE recommends parents use apps to help pre-school children learn at home

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Researchers said they were 'surprised' by the findings and that 'the goal of preventing eczema from developing in the first place remains elusive'
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Study finds moisturiser does not prevent eczema in newborns

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Ofsted's new online registration system is designed to be more straightforward for prospective early years providers
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Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers

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The Tax-Free Childcare scheme opened in April 2017, but just one in six eligible families are currently using it
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Government urged to 're-think' its Tax-Free Childcare scheme as take-up remains low

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