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The largest teaching union has slammed the phonics reading check for six-year-olds...

Co-sleeping raises cot death risk
Parents who share a bed with their breastfed baby increase the risk...
Nursery is 'more beneficial' to children from poorer backgrounds
Researchers from Lancaster University Management School found that children from disadvantaged homes...

Nursery complaints about Ofsted inspection on the rise
Complaints about Ofsted inspections are nothing new, but in recent weeks, Nursery...

Ofsted will make it more difficult for failing nurseries to re-register
The recent closure by Ofsted of a Birmingham nursery, which re-registered after...

Childcare hubs to get Government funding
Family charity 4Children has been awarded a two-year Government-funded contract to pilot...

Labour MP calls for the House of Commons Nursery to close
Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham Hall Green, is calling for the House...

Cameron says coalition will find 'a way forward' on childcare ratios
Early years organisations have welcomed David Cameron's intervention in the on-going row...

Ofsted figures show drop in childminders
There are more than 1,000 fewer childminders registered with Ofsted than there...

Government austerity measures could increase child poverty, warn doctors
The UK is failing its most vulnerable children and any improvements in...

Parents are 'overwhelmingly positive' about childcare
Almost all of the parents questioned in a survey commissioned by the...

Quicker referrals needed to combat children's eye cancer
Babies and young children are facing serious delays in receiving treatment for...
Call for advocates to make sure children are heard
The National Children's Bureau (NCB) is calling on the Government to give...

Nursery where staff watched child pornography to close
A nursery where two former members of staff were caught watching a...

Nursery World Awards entry deadline extended to 31 May
Following many requests for a little more time to enter our awards,...

School language programme boosts children's reading
An evaluation of a pilot project led by children's communication charity I...
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