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Labour and the Conservatives both plan to boost childcare by relying on the private sector

Childcare features prominently in both major parties’ plans for work and personal finance. Keir Starmer wants to make early-years provision as universal as possible while the Conservatives claim they’re already transforming childcare and increasing funding to both boost children’s development and get mothers back to work.

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Everything the 3 main political parties have said about school and education policies ahead of the general election

With the general election taking place this week, this is everything parents need to know about each party's proposed education policies

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Managers who silence whistleblowers ‘will never work in NHS again’, vows Streeting

Exclusive: Shadow health secretary discusses plans for waiting lists and patient safety if Labour wins election

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Labour wants to create opportunities for all. Can its education pledges narrow the divide?

Lack of funds is a big issue in state schools, with experts wanting Labour to be bolder with its spending plans

The Guardian - UK

UK election manifestos: views of those in education, health and social care

From Labour’s free school breakfast clubs to the Lib Dems’ focus on social care, what do those who work in these areas think of what’s promised?

The Guardian - UK

Labour must halt ‘disastrous’ teacher exodus if it wants to improve schools, heads warn

Unions and headteachers say party must make retention of staff as high a priority as recruitment

The Guardian - UK

Montessori school could close down in a matter of weeks after key investor pulls out

A Montessori school which has been teaching children in East London for the last 30 years is at risk of closing down in a matter of weeks after an investor pulled out last minute.

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'Chaotic' Eltham nursery told it requires improvement in all areas

A nursery in Eltham has been told to improve after being described as ‘chaotic’ by Ofsted with toddlers left feeling ‘frustrated’.

Evening Standard

Childcare sector in ‘crisis’ with ‘pitiful’ number of childminders signing up to government grant scheme

Exclusive: ‘This latest childminder numbers debacle is yet more evidence that the Tories offered a pledge without a delivery plan,’ says shadow education secretary

The Independent UK

Do schools close on election day?

Do schools close on election day? Parents will need to make plans for election day if schools will be shut - here's everything we know.

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Further strikes at Wembley school set to become academy

Byron Court Primary School will be closed for two days next month

Evening Standard

Staff at 'inadequate' London school to strike over plans to turn it into academy

A North London primary school is set to close for a further five days over the next two weeks after staff agreed to take strike action against government plans to turn it into an academy.

Evening Standard

Nursery death of baby Genevieve Meehan raises troubling questions

While deputy manager of Tiny Toes in Stockport found guilty of manslaughter, case suggests it may be about more than just one bad apple

The Guardian - UK

Headteachers demand end to ‘inhumane’ school ratings in England

Union to campaign against single-phrase Ofsted judgments, threatening possible strike action

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One word to describe Ofsted and the government

Letters: Readers respond to the news that single-word ratings for schools are to be retained

The Guardian - UK

Vulnerable teenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by councils in England

Campaigners say cash-strapped local authorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for grooming by criminal gangs

The Guardian - UK

Ruth Perry family furious as Ofsted single-word ratings are retained

Teaching unions share family’s disappointment after government says system has ‘significant benefits’

The Guardian - UK

The expansion of free childcare has been a Tory-fied mess of a bright Labour idea

On a visit to a combined nursery and primary school, I saw how early years provision can really be transformed, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Guardian view on school exclusions: to help children, gaps in the system must be closed

Editorial: Improving provision for pupils outside mainstream education ought to be a top priority

The Guardian - UK

Experts divided over implications of prayer ban ruling at London school

Some say more schools may ban organised prayer after court ruling but others say judgment was based on unique circumstances

Evening Standard

Too many five-year-olds are being excluded from primary school, former Ofsted boss warns

Local authorities are “nervous” about confronting multi-academy trusts, it is claimed

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: hundreds of vulnerable children sent to illegal and unregulated care homes in England

Observer investigation finds that private companies made £105m despite not being registered with Ofsted

The Guardian - UK

‘Nowhere else is available’: how vulnerable children end up in illegal care homes

Harrowing court video hearings reveal plight of those unable to find a place in secure, registered accommodation

The Guardian - UK

Ruth Perry’s family dubious after ex-Ofsted chief appointed to review inspectorate

Christine Gilbert will examine response to headteacher Ruth Perry’s suicide after her school was downgraded

The Guardian - UK

Sister of Ruth Perry urges teachers thinking of suicide to seek help

Prof Julia Waters gives emotional speech at NEU conference and shares video of her late sister addressing pupils

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