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Tulip Siddiq appointed shadow early years minister

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Tulip Siddiq as shadow minister for the early years as part of his latest cabinet reshuffle.
Tulip is MP for Hampstead and Kilburn and has previously worked as a local...Read more

Education secretary reveals social mobility 鈥榦pportunity areas鈥

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At the Conservative Party Conference earlier this week, Education secretary Justine Greening announced six areas across England as the most challenged in terms of social mobility.
Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham,...Read more

Letter to nurseries over flu protection for under fives

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Professor Dame Sally Davies, the government鈥檚 chief medical officer, has written a letter to nurseries, urging them to raise awareness of the childhood flu immunisation programme, Nursery World reports.

Surge in tablet use among toddlers

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A quarter of pre-school age children in Britain have their own touch-screen devices, compared to a mere 4% of children in 2012, market research company Childwise has claimed.
In its latest report, Childwise also...Read more

麻花影视launches Fair Future Funding campaign

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The Pre-school Learning 麻花影视has today launched its early years funding campaign, .
The campaign is calling on the government to...Read more

Childcare costs to soar if DfE freezes early years funding

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The Pre-school Learning 麻花影视has today warned that if the government goes ahead with plans to freeze early years funding rates until 2019/20, childcare costs are likely to be on the increase.
Freedom of...Read more

Labour to launch early years taskforce

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At Labour鈥檚 annual conference in Liverpool, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner is to lay out plans for an early years taskforce designed to transform early years provision.
Angela will highlight that every...Read more

Paediatric first aid rules yet to be implemented

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The government has confirmed that new paediatric first aid rules have not yet been implemented.
A consultation on first aid changes was held between October and December 2015, and...Read more

Education committee launches primary assessment investigation

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The government鈥檚 education committee is to launch an inquiry into primary assessment following what the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has called 鈥渃haos and confusion鈥 around the topic.
Earlier this...Read more

Button batteries can be deadly for children, surgeons claim

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Small button batteries 鈥 found in a range of domestic items 鈥 can burn a hole through the lining of a child鈥檚 oesophagus should they accidently swallow them, surgeons have claimed.
London鈥檚 Great Ormond Street...Read more

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