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Interview: Angus Holford

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  • Friday, September 28, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Angus Holford, author of a new study, Take-up of Free School Meals: price effects and peer effects, published by the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.

'Don't outlaw risk,' experts say after tragedy

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  • Friday, September 28, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Early years settings should weigh up the benefits of outdoor play against the risks and include children in their assessment so that valuable opportunities are not lost, play experts have advised following the death of a child at a nursery's outdoor area.

Breakfast clubs forced to close

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  • Monday, September 17, 2012
  • | Nursery World
As the new school year gets underway, a growing number of breakfast clubs in primary schools across England are having to shut their doors due to budget cuts. This is despite evidence of accelerating demand for the clubs.

Free school meals feed minds as well as bodies

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  • Friday, August 3, 2012
  • | Nursery World
A two-year pilot that made free school meals available for all primary pupils significantly improved children's attainment, with children making between four and eight weeks more progress than is generally the case.

Early years nutritional guidelines welcomed

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  • Friday, January 20, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Child health experts have welcomed the first-ever nutritional guidelines for early years settings in England, while taking issue with the fact that they are not mandatory.

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