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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

Alliance calls on government to admit 30-hours funding crisis

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The Pre-school Learning Alliance has said that the government must 鈥渃ome clean鈥 about the problems with the funding of the 30-hours free childcare scheme.
The Department for Education ran a consultation on early...Read more

Healthy eating impacts children鈥檚 literacy, study claims

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Researchers in Finland have claimed that a healthy diet has a significant impact on children鈥檚 literacy skills.
The universities of Eastern Finland and Jyv盲skyl盲 studied 161 children between the ages of six and...Read more

Report calls for government to scrap 30-hours offer

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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called on the government not to implement the 30-hours offer, in a report titled, 鈥榃e can solve poverty in the UK鈥.
Released yesterday, the report proposes that the existing 15...Read more

Number of childcare providers closing down near doubles in one year

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The number of childcare providers going bust has nearly doubled in the last year due to the 鈥渟oaring costs鈥 of childcare, accountancy firm Moore Stephens has claimed.
29 providers closed down in England and Wales in...Read more

Alliance chief raises concerns over viability of 30 hours offer

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Pilots of the 30-hours free childcare scheme are due to start next month, but Neil Leitch, chief executive at the Pre-school Learning Alliance, is concerned about its viability.
The government...Read more

Report on radicalisation fails to mention early years

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The Home Affairs Committee report, 鈥楻adicalisation: the counter-narrative and identifying the tipping point鈥, published today, makes no mention of the early years.
The report called for an independent review of The...Read more

Parents struggle to find childcare for children with learning disabilities during holidays, survey reports

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A survey from Mencap, which reviewed 316 parents, found that 56% are struggling to access short breaks due to the lack of childcare available to them.
Mencap said that parents of children with learning disabilities...Read more

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