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A Westminster children's centre that lost thousands of pounds in funding cuts has achieved its first ever outstanding rating from Ofsted.
The Government is considering whether the childcare element of tax credits should be paid directly to nurseries and childminders rather than to parents, under proposals to improve the delivery and the...
Disadvantaged schoolchildren will receive free meals during the Christmas holidays, and under-fours will benefit from a top-up in vouchers for healthy food from April, the Government has announced.
Children who are breastfed for longer than six months are less likely to have mental health problems later in life, according to research.
Thousands of pre-school children are not receiving vital screening for eye defects and diseases, according to a survey by Glasgow Caledonian University's Department of Vision Sciences. The survey,...
All but four of Edinburgh's city nurseries are to lose their on-site catering facilities from next month, as part of council cost-cutting measures.
The UK’s third largest nursery group Kids Planet has acquired four new settings, taking its total number of ‘active’ sites to 107.
Children's hospices are charities. They rely on public generosity to help children and their families who are living with the kind of life-limiting or life-threatening conditions that mean they will...
Scotland's parents believe that bringing up children is harder today than when they were children, according to the results of a poll commissioned by Parenting Across Scotland. PAS, a multi-agency...
The lack of registered childminders in rural areas must be addressed in order to reduce poverty and social exclusion, a Scottish Executive-backed report has recommended. Poverty and Social Exclusion...