Parents in Sweden are now free to name their newborns Budweiser or Metallica, following a relaxation in laws that banned naming children after fast-food chains, rock bands or brands of beer, according...
More than 3,000 childcare places will be subsidised across London in the first round of the Childcare Affordability Programme, the London Development Agency said last week. The 3,255 CAP-funded...
Families are paying around 27 more per week than this time last year on basic food items, a price comparison website has revealed.
One of the UK's largest childcare recruitment agencies has been awarded its first Sure Start contract to operate a creche service in London.
There is no single 'right' way to bring up children that professionals can teach parents and carers. But drop-in sessions can provide resources and ideas. Staff can show by example how to relate...
Nurseries around the UK have given 'a very positive' response to the call by one of the largest childcare providers to create a trade association for the private nursery sector. Chairman of the...
The education gap between children living in poverty and their better-off peers widens from nursery age through to secondary school, according to new research.
The Labour party has warned that thousands of parents face a summer of worry because of a school places crisis created by the Government.
Nursery providers could be hit by Government proposals to make it illegal for employers to include the eight bank holidays in workers' statutory 20-day annual leave entitlement. The move to extend...
Seventy students from training organisation Experiential Play in Glasgow attended a ceremony at the city's Royal Academy of Music and Drama on 28 October to celebrate completing their SVQ levels 2, 3...