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Maternal mental health services ‘struggling with increased demand’ amid pandemic

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

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Mental health services supporting pregnant women and new mothers are struggling under the strain of increased demand for services due to the pandemic, a new report finds.

Calls for ‘urgent reform’ of services to protect young children and babies

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

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The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for “urgent reform” of child protection and early help services for young children and babies, researchers have said.

Thousands back call for independent review of childcare funding

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Monday, June 7, 2021

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Tens of thousands of people have backed calls for an independent review of childcare funding in England.

Covid-19 recovery plan: What does it mean for schools and childcare settings?

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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Early years settings, schools, including special schools, and alternative education provisions in England will be able to open to more children from 1 June, new government guidelines state.

Health visitor shortage 'poses risk' to children with SEND, Ofsted director says

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Friday, December 16, 2022

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A shortage of health visitors poses a risk to vulnerable children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and victims of domestic violence, who would benefit from early intervention or support, warned Ofsted's director for social care.

'Severe’ early years workforce shortage sparks childcare crisis, EYA data shows

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Friday, December 3, 2021

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A "severe and growing” staffing shortage in the early years sector is leaving families facing repeated disruptions to childcare services, new research shows.

Sector cautiously welcomes relaxation of early years staffing ratios due to Covid-19

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

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Early years leaders have cautiously welcomed the government’s decision to relax staff to child ratios to help cope with workforce shortages amid a surge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Pandemic hit early education of disadvantaged children hardest, research finds

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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“Considerably more” children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds have missed out on formal early learning during the Covid-19 pandemic compared with their peers, new research has found.

Disadvantaged pupils targeted in government’s £700m school catch up plans

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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The government has pledged to focus £700m in catch up funding for education in England on disadvantaged children, as schools and early years settings recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Early years funding levels not sustainable, MPs warn

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

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Just one in 10 parents believe that current levels of early years funding are enough to enable nurseries, pre-schools and childminders in England to remain financially sustainable, research by MPs has found.

Two-fifths of primary schools sign up for DfE-funded speech and language programme

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

More than 6,000 primary schools in England have signed up to take part in a programme to support reception-aged children whose early language and literacy development has been most affected by the pandemic.

Queen’s Speech 2021: Government to ‘prioritise early years’ as Covid-19 restrictions lift

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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The government has committed to “prioritising the early years” as the UK recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Queen has announced.

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

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The government’s own education recovery tsar is among critics of the Department for Education’s new £1.4bn catch-up plan.

Education recovery funding worth ‘little more’ than Eat Out to Help Out scheme, analysis finds

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Education recovery funding over the next academic year is worth "little more" than government funding handed to the hospitality sector during last summer’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, according to latest analysis.

Councils 'fear for future of breakfast and after-school clubs' post-pandemic

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

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Local authorities are concerned about shortages in school-aged childcare such as breakfast and after-school clubs due to the impact of the coronaviurus pandemic, a report has warned.

England's health visiting system not equipped for pandemic, charities warn

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

| CYP Now

England’s health visiting system “is not equipped to meet the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic”, a coalition of children's charities has said.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Covid-19 vaccine: Prioritise staff working with vulnerable children, say sector leaders

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

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Sector leaders have called for staff working in close contact with children, including those in nurseries and children’s homes, to be among the first to be offered the coronavirus vaccine.

Early years workers struggle to access school places

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have called on schools to allow childcare staff access to places reserved for the children of critical workers.

EEF launches first childminder evaluation project

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has launched its first evaluation programme involving childminders as part of a raft of schemes to help settings support children’s early language and numeracy development.

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Maternal mental health services ‘struggling with increased demand’ amid pandemic

Calls for ‘urgent reform’ of services to protect young children and babies

Thousands back call for independent review of childcare funding

Covid-19 recovery plan: What does it mean for schools and childcare settings?

Health visitor shortage 'poses risk' to children with SEND, Ofsted director says

'Severe’ early years workforce shortage sparks childcare crisis, EYA data shows

Sector cautiously welcomes relaxation of early years staffing ratios due to Covid-19

Pandemic hit early education of disadvantaged children hardest, research finds

Disadvantaged pupils targeted in government’s £700m school catch up plans

Early years funding levels not sustainable, MPs warn

Two-fifths of primary schools sign up for DfE-funded speech and language programme

Queen’s Speech 2021: Government to ‘prioritise early years’ as Covid-19 restrictions lift

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

Education recovery funding worth ‘little more’ than Eat Out to Help Out scheme, analysis finds

Councils 'fear for future of breakfast and after-school clubs' post-pandemic

England's health visiting system not equipped for pandemic, charities warn

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

Covid-19 vaccine: Prioritise staff working with vulnerable children, say sector leaders

Early years workers struggle to access school places

EEF launches first childminder evaluation project

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