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Childcare campaigners are calling on the Scottish Executive to publish the delayed early years workforce review, after an inquiry found that the 'single most important factor' in improving quality...
By Liz Bayram, chief executive of the National Childminding Association Ofsted released its Annual Report this week and, for the first time, early years settings, including registered childminders,...
Child detention is to be phased out and will end completely by next May, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
Nurseries should not exclude children who have not received the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has advised its members. The association warned...
Maintained nursery schools in at least two parts of England have been told that their budgets will be slashed from next September because of the introduction of the single funding formula and the...
High-quality parenting programmes can support vulnerable people and their ability to parent. Charlotte Goddard profiles one such programme and the challenges facing this type of intervention
Week by week, month by month, the official view of nannies and their role as childcarers becomes more anomalous.
One of the UK's largest nursery chains has been ordered to pay more than 140,000 in fines and costs, following the death of a young child at one of its nurseries.
Fewer than half of the 150 local authorities in England have childminders offering the free early years entitlement.