<P>The European Union should play a greater role in influencing the quality of childcare delivered in its member states, a childcare expert said last week. </P>
Private day nurseries are bracing themselves for another media scare as a TV documentary using 'secret' footage is due to be aired this week. The programme reportedly shows overworked and unqualified...
Childcare projects, outdoor play and out-of-school clubs are among the beneficiaries of nearly 4m of funding awarded to 100 community projects in rural areas announced by the Scottish Executive last...
More than 2,000 nursery nurses, parents and children took to the streets of Dundee last week demanding a Scotland-wide settlement to Unison's dispute over better pay and career structure for...
An attempt by MPs to ban smacking has failed in the House of Commons after no time was left to discuss it adequately.
Childminders in England have warmly welcomed Ofsted's decision to keep their personal details private by putting only their registration number and postcode with their inspection reports on its...
Pre-school education centres are to be given new guidelines on nutrition as part of a scheme to reduce child obesity in Scotland.
The proportion of seven-year-olds achieving Government targets for writing has fallen by five percentage points over the past year.
Changes in British parents' attitudes towards smacking have been revealed in unpublished research by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The Caterpillar group at the Co-operative Childcare Nursery in Wimbledon have been learning about dinosaurs, reading the book 'That's Not My Dinosaur'.