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NSPCC and government launch child abuse whistleblowing helpline

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The NSPCC has joined forces with the home office to launch a whistleblowing helpline for employees to speak out about child protection failures.

The government has provided 拢500,000 to set up the service, which will be open Monday to...Read more

Disabled children have notably lower access to play, Sense reports

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Nine out of ten parents of disabled children say that their child does not have the same access to play as non-disabled children, according to national deafblind charity, Sense.

The survey revealed the severe restrictions disabled children...Read more

Early language skills define future learning

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Five-year-olds with substandard language skills are significantly more likely to struggle with national tests later on, the BBC reports, citing recent research from Save the Children.

Academics at the Institute of Education studied the...Read more

Teaching unions call for baseline assessment to be scrapped in new report

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Two leading teaching unions have called on the government to abandon the reception baseline assessment, after a survey of more than 1000 teaching professionals revealed mass oppositions to the plans.

A survey of reception teachers and EYFS...Read more

PM pushes for alternative to prison babies

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Prime minister David Cameron is pushing for change for babies born to mothers in jail.

New research has revealed that 100 babies spent time behind bars last year, and Cameron plans to rethink how pregnant women鈥檚 offences are treated, as...Read more

Minimal wage increase makes good nurseries outstanding

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Research from the Family and Childcare Trust has found that a pay increase of just 拢1 an hour can make the difference between a childcare setting with a 鈥楪ood鈥 Ofsted rating and that with an 鈥極utstanding鈥.

The study 鈥業n for a pound鈥...Read more

Eight councils chosen to trial 30 hours childcare scheme early

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Eight councils in England will receive 拢13m to launch the 30 hours free childcare scheme a year ahead of schedule, the Department for Education has announced.

The government has confirmed that Wigan, Staffordshire, Swindon, Portsmouth,...Read more

Thousands of single parents excluded from 30 hours childcare, claims charity

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Up to 20,000 single parents could miss out on the extended free entitlement offer due to a change in eligibility criteria, according to the charity for single parent families, Gingerbread.

In November, the government announced that parents...Read more

30 hours scheme could 鈥榥ationalise鈥 childcare, says thinktank

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Government plans to extend the three- and four-year-old free entitlement for working families could help to 鈥渘ationalise childcare鈥, a thinktank has claimed.

Time to Care, a report on the Childcare Bill published by Policy...Read more

Two-to-four year olds in the UK 鈥榥ot active enough to be healthy鈥

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A recent report by The British Heart Foundation National Centre claims that 91% of two-to-four year olds in the UK are not active enough to be healthy.

UK physical activity guidelines state that children within this age group need at least...Read more

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