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Government announces plans for 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs
Among the initiatives will be a consultation on the funding formula, more powers to local authorities to ensure sufficient childcare places, more frequent Ofsted inspections and measures to promote inclusion.
The strategy will also support quality and the workforce including looking at making sure each setting has at least one teacher and more funding for early interventions such as NDNA’s Maths Champions programme.
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Two hundred new school-based nurseries will create 4,000 places
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