Just Learning, the fourth largest nursery group in the UK, is set to buy the Nunu group of nurseries, in a deal worth more than 7m.
Children's charities and childcare associations have warmly welcomed the U-turn by the Department for Education and Skills on allowing childminders in England to smack the children in their care and...
<P> Day nurseries across England are finding it difficult to continue offering free childcare places to three- and four-year-olds as the Government's nursery education grant is failing to cover their...
Busy Bees, the UK's largest nursery group, has acquired the Just Learning chain of 71 settings, bringing the total number of places the group offers to more than 19,000.
Amid soaring temperatures around the UK, early years settings are deploying various methods to keeping cool.
Six pre-schools and nurseries in Oxfordshire have been awarded 1m by the county council to spend on new buildings.
Two former childminders have been awarded 7,000 by the Local Government Ombudsman following a complaint about their treatment at the hands of their local council.
Sure Start and childcare funding is being cut by an average of 50 per child over the next financial year, according to new research, with some of the poorest areas of the country facing the biggest...
9 March Child protection This Kinderquest course will give practical advice on what to look out for and do if a child or young person is suspected of being abused. Participants will also consider ways...
The Welsh Assembly's draft budget includes more money for the Flying Start scheme in a bid to to help up to 36,000 vulnerable families with young children.