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Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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Philippe Fraser, director of London-based Bilingual Nurseries and Les Petites Etoiles, has raised concerns about the financial viability of childcare settings if they have to close to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Early years settings will be given rapid Covid-19 testing kits

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Monday, January 11, 2021

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Early years settings will be able to access rapid test kits for Covid-19, children’s minister Vicky Ford has confirmed.

Government publishes new Covid-19 measures for nurseries, childminders and schools amid Omicron concern

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Monday, November 29, 2021

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The Government has announced additional safety measures for early years settings and schools to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus Omicron variant.

Analysis: Early years settings step up support for families as cost of living crisis hits

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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Vitamin Angels UK extends partnership with NDNA as nurseries increase food donations and other support to struggling families and members of staff. Catherine Gaunt reports

School dinners 'not value for money'

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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Three in ten teachers believe the price of meals in their school do not represent value for money, according to a new survey.

One in five teachers has given food to hungry pupils, a survey suggests

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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Large numbers of pupils in London are starting the day without breakfast, a survey claims.

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

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Friday, June 1, 2018

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One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

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Monday, April 3, 2023

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The Food Foundation is calling on ministers to do more to raise awareness of the Healthy Start scheme and increase its value and eligibility, after it failed to meet the Government’s own target for take-up among low-income families.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

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Monday, August 24, 2020

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Children are more likely to catch Coronavirus at home than in childcare settings or school, finds study.

Stigma leads poorer children to shun free school meals

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Monday, September 24, 2012

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Schools should allow all children eating a packed lunch and schools meals to eat together at the same time to increase take-up of free school meals, a new study recommends.

Labour pledges toothbrushing scheme for three- to five-year-olds in schools

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Friday, October 6, 2023

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Labour has pledged to bring in supervised toothbrushing in schools for three- to-five-year olds as part of a wider ‘rescue plan for NHS dentistry’, ahead of the party’s conference in Liverpool.

Interview: Angus Holford

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Friday, September 28, 2012

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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.

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

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A £30m Government grant will allow the National FGM Centre to continue its work to stop female genital mutilation (FGM).

Government plans new nursery food guidance

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Friday, June 24, 2011

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New nutritional guidelines for nurseries and children's centres are being drawn up by The School Food Trust.

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

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The Department for Education has launched a £2m pilot to look at ways to support disadvantaged children during the school holidays by providing meals and activities.

Nurseries left in the lurch by free milk supplier

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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Some nurseries have been left without their free milk entitlement after a leading supplier stopped milk deliveries, because health chiefs allegedly found apparent discrepancies in its claims.

Government adviser incorrectly says all early years staff eligible for regular testing

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

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Frustration around the Department for Education’s decision not to provide regular testing for PVI early years settings has been exacerbated by comments by the Government's deputy chief scientific adviser, Dougal Hargreaves, when he incorrectly stated that they were during questioning by MPs.

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

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The Welsh Assembly has published its first early years and childcare plan, detailing ways in which it will support families and young children over the next ten years.

Free milk for nursery children under review

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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Nursery children will continue to get free milk as the government has launched a consultation to try to cut the rising cost of the scheme across Britain.

Labour secures vote on Government free school meal and childcare changes

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Friday, March 9, 2018

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Labour is seeking to overthrow Government plans for changes to the eligibility criteria for childcare for two-year-olds and free school meals in a vote in Parliament.

‘Frightening’ statistics on children’s mental health revealed in MPs' cross-party report

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

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One in every seven primary school-aged children had a diagnosable mental illness in 2020 and 75 per cent of mental illnesses begin before the age of eighteen, research from The All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has revealed.

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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The Early Years Alliance and nursery group the London Early Years Foundation have joined forces to launch a survey about food provision and nutrition in early years settings.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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Friday, March 20, 2020

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More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

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Supporting parental and child wellbeing through pregnancy to the first two years of a child’s life should be viewed as a key priority and attract as much spending as the defence budget, former children’s minister Tim Loughton has said.

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Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

Early years settings will be given rapid Covid-19 testing kits

Government publishes new Covid-19 measures for nurseries, childminders and schools amid Omicron concern

Analysis: Early years settings step up support for families as cost of living crisis hits

School dinners 'not value for money'

One in five teachers has given food to hungry pupils, a survey suggests

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

Stigma leads poorer children to shun free school meals

Labour pledges toothbrushing scheme for three- to five-year-olds in schools

Interview: Angus Holford

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

Government plans new nursery food guidance

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

Nurseries left in the lurch by free milk supplier

Government adviser incorrectly says all early years staff eligible for regular testing

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

Free milk for nursery children under review

Labour secures vote on Government free school meal and childcare changes

‘Frightening’ statistics on children’s mental health revealed in MPs' cross-party report

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

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