Cross-party MPs have argued that a new law, being introduced in Parliament in the coming weeks, keeps 'parents in the dark' about how their child's data from the Reception Baseline assessment will be used.
The public spending watchdog has warned that the development gap for disadvantaged children is at risk of increasing due low take-up of funded places in deprived areas and poorer quality provision.
Nurseries have been omitted from the moratorium on business rates announced by the Chancellor in the Budget, which will apply to small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.