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: NDNA tells MPs simplify funding rules to help parents and providers
NDNA tells MPs simplify funding rules to help parents and providers
Read moreOfsted: guidance on significant events or changes to health
Ofsted: guidance on significant events or changes to health
Read moreHow many nursery staff and children are absent – January quick poll
See the results of NDNA's survey to discover the proportion of members of staff and children who are currently absent from their early years setting.
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Struggling settings can ask for an Ofsted inspection deferral
Ofsted has announced that early years settings in England which are currently significantly affected by the Covid pandemic can ask for a deferral of their routine inspection.
Read moreOfsted report: 98% still good or outstanding but more recent inspection concerns
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman launched Ofsted’s Annual Report 2020-21 today.
Read moreNew shadow education ministers in place
Labour has appointed a new Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Shadow Early Years Minister for their Shadow Cabinet.
Read moreChild of the North report: Inequalities have worsened during pandemic
Child of the North report: Inequalities have worsened during pandemic
Read moreFunding rates to rise for 22-23 by less than inflation
Today the Government has published its early years entitlement funding rates from the Department for Education to local authorities in England for two, three and four-year-old places.
Read moreFunded places for all two-year-olds in Wales
A deal between the Welsh Labour Government and Plaid Cymru in the Senedd will mean that a programme of work – including expanding “free” childcare to all two-year-olds – will take place.
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