Early education

Should parents of under-fives worry about Covid restrictions harming their child's development?

Ombudsman urges councils to ensure parents are not wrongly charged for free nursery places

Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders call for rapid testing and priority access to vaccines.

One mother says parents face being penalised financially if they keep children home from nursery.

Leanne Goodwin, from Nancledra Pre-school near Penzance, said it has been "a year like no other".

Noah’s Ark in Cullompton warns a cut in government funding would cause closures.

Access to a vaccine should be available to people like nursery workers, groups supporting them say.

Worried childcare staff call on ministers to prove it's safe for them to open in England.

The vaccine minister defends the decision to keep nurseries open, as unions call for a shutdown.

Early years practitioners say not enough help has been given to them to stay open during lockdown.

The government closed schools to help reduce the virus spread but says nurseries should stay open.

Although all schools have closed to most pupils, nurseries can open under the new lockdown rules.

Planning permission has been granted at the second attempt for the forest preschool.

Parents could receive an extra 10 hours of subsidised nursery fees paid for by the government.

As parents have struggled with childcare this year, a number of tech firms are offering solutions.

The Duchess of Cambridge highlights a "dramatic increase" in parents feeling cut off from support.

Pants On My Face? has been written to explain Covid-19 and face masks to children.