Hundreds of Scotland's nurseries and childminders are failing to provide acceptable standards of care, according to inspection reports obtained by the Glasgow Herald newspaper through a Freedom of...
Children's centres are under immense pressure as reduced funding and support and the amalgamation of settings has increased their responsibilities and workloads.
Around 400,000 children are being pushed into poverty because of their parents’ smoking habit, according to a new study.
Around 340,000 parents use childcare vouchers to help them afford professional childcare.
The scale of cuts to early years capital funding is only just beginning to emerge, as our Analysis this week shows (see pages 12-13).
Sandwell Council in the West Midlands is inviting tenders from third parties to take over the running of its 21 children's centres, but has pledged that no settings will close.
Providers who have already delivered free places for two-year-olds have learned many lessons, and could have a key role in supporting others to do so.
One of Sheffield's three remaining council-run nursery schools is to merge with a primary school and the future of the other two is unclear because of a lack of funding.
A Manchester nursery chain has been rated outstanding by Ofsted in all four of its settings.