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Special Focus: Has the Education Recovery Plan boosted the sector?

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With the popularity of small devices or family phones overtaking the use of TV in the living room, concerns are also being raised on these habits over time.
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Why the Online Safety Bill must include risks to youngest children

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Policy: How the SEND Improvement Plan aims to strengthen support for young children

Practice
Ofsted says that current legislation is 'outdated' as it can only inspect individual settings and not report on a nursery group as a whole, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ofsted calls for stronger 'oversight' of large providers

Provision
The many faces of health
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Staff Health & Well-Being: Part 1 - The state we’re in

Management
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Birth to 5 Matters experts hit back at criticism of guidance's stance on anti-racism by Conservative MPs

Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage
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New Birth to 5 Matters guidance to be published

Child Development
Children will be assessed at the start of the Reception year from September
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DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September

Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage
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Childcare Counsel - April 2021 rates roundup

Management
The SSE Hydro is lit UN blue to mark the Scottish Parliament's passing historic legislation to incorporate The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child directly into Scottish law
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Scotland: Children’s rights enshrined in law in historic passing of Bill

Legislation
Early years settings will receive funding based on actual termly attendance levels for the summer and autumn terms of 2021
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DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Coronavirus
'Since children develop in their own ways, we wanted to support practitioners to think about children where they are rather than by their age,' said Nancy Stewart, who has led on developing the Birth to Five Matters guidance
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Birth to 5 Matters EYFS guidance to launch this month

Early Years Curriculum
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Business - On a budget

Management
Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out the Government's coronavirus response in the budget
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Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

Coronavirus
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Childcare Counsel: opening and closing in lockdown

Management
The DfE guidance now recommends that early years staff and adult visitors wear face coverings when they cannot socially distance
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Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

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