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Staff-to-child ratios, and more importantly, staff qualifications and in-service training can predict the quality of pre-school childcare settings, a new study has found.
Many children in nurseries are eating unhealthy meals high in fat, salt and sugar, including food with additives that are banned for the under-threes, research has found.
The number of children using children’s centres has fallen by nearly 20 per cent, with a sharp drop in use among under-fives.
As a parent you may have already encountered the seemingly endless 'why' questions. While sometimes these questions are a way of grabbing our attention, they are more often a sign that a child is...
The number of childcare providers has fallen in the last quarter, while the number of places provided by childminders and nurseries has marginally risen, according to Ofsted's latest statistics.
All about me The children at Cockfield Primary school nursery class regularly use technology to support their learning. They particularly enjoyed creating a display using a computer and digital camera...
More children's centres are working with childminders, but often in superficial relationships that give childminders no real say in the organisation, according to a survey.
Education and skills secretary Estelle Morris has announced a further expansion of the Sure Start programme for under-fours and their families in disadvantaged areas. The 177 new programmes will cost...
A campaign calling for a ban on baby bottles that contain Bisphenol A (BPA) plastics has been launched by Breast Cancer UK and supported by scientists and other charities.
A group of nursery nurses who took over their nursery after it was closed without notice last February have received a payout ruling in their favour from an industrial tribunal. More than 100 children...