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Childcare providers will be able to ask schools if they can use their premises to run before and after-school and holiday childcare when they are not using them.
Pay attention to the diet of children who are vegetarian, says public health nutritionist Julia Wolman.
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The gap in quality of early years and childcare provision in deprived areas has worsened over the past year, according to Ofsted's annual report.
In future most nurseries and childminders will receive a full inspection if complaints are made to Ofsted about the setting, in proposals now out for consultation.
UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) and MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge