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Jul 18 2025

    Update from the Department for Education:

    Early years providers can now sign up to email updates from the DfE. These emails will share the latest announcements, guidance, and news from the Department for Education on early years education reforms and childcare expansion.

    See Provider email sign up information

    www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/provider-guidance-and-resource

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