The National Day Nurseries Association has launched a support kit to help local authorities develop children's centres. The good practice guidance was compiled via ten nationwide networks set up last...
Children as young as four will be expected to fill in questionnaires that ask if they are 'optimistic about the future' and 'dealing with problems well', according to a report in The Sunday Telegraph....
A former sawmill is being converted with the help of a 70,500 grant from the New Opportunities Fund to provide Cumbria's first neighbourhood nursery. The 120-place facility in Barrow, with 25 places...
Susceptibility to measles has risen sharply among nursery children in Scotland following a gradual decrease in uptake of the MMR jab, a new study shows. Research by Health Protection Scotland examined...
It's always heartening to see a debate eventually come round to your way of thinking! The Capacity report published by the National Day Nurseries Association raises some interesting points (News, 16...
A new Free School Meals (Scotland) Bill that would provide free meals to all children in Scotland's state primary schools has been put out for consultation and the Child Poverty Action Group in...
Young chefs in 42 primary schools in Scotland will be given lessons in healthy cooking and baking through a pilot scheme in Clackmannan and North Lanarkshire, announced during Focus on Food week last...
Babies who sleep on their backs are safer and healthier and sleep best in a room temperature of 16-20 degC, says a new cartoon-illustrated booklet, BabyZone, published for carers and parents by the...
(Photograph) - Chancellor Gordon Brown levelled with children from Field Lane Children's Centre in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, at its official opening last week. The three- and four-year-olds...
The Government's decision to continue allowing parents in England and Wales to smack their children has been branded as a betrayal by a coalition of charities, including Save the Children and the...