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The European scheme that provides free milk to about 1.2m children in two-thirds of English state schools will continue to be subsidised by the Government, ministers announced last week, after a...
More than a third of local authorities in England say they do not have enough childcare places for three- and four-year-olds, putting the Government’s plan to offer 30 hours of free childcare in...
An annual performance review of local authorities in England has shown a decline in the standard of children and young people's services.
What are local authorities doing to resist the pressure to close children's centres - and why do they consider it important? Melanie Defries reports.
What excellent news that three more national organisations are joining forces to campaign for teacher assessment and the scrapping of tests for six- and seven-year-old children in England ('Alliance...
A ‘culture of mistrust towards families and children’ in prisons is harming children’s ability to form attachments with their parents, Barnardo’s has said.
New Government guidance for local authorities on the free entitlement for early education is intended to cut red tape, but Nursery World has heard that some local authorities are imposing even more...
I felt urged to write after reading 'Nurseries stressed by snap inspections' (News, 18 August). In May our nursery had an unannounced Ofsted inspection, and I see this new approach as a refreshing...
I agree with the findings of the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN) survey that we nursery nurses are undervalued in the workplace (News, 19 April). Our salaries alone reflect this,...
Star Day Nursery in Woolwich, south-east London, is set to feature in a pilot for a new television show.