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Childcare and children's literacy programmes in deprived areas should be in the front line to benefit from £105.5m funding awarded to Scotland's Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) for 2002-2004. The Scottish...

Asking children for their views provides some startling insights into how nursery staff can improve practice, a pioneering Scottish study has found. Stirling Council has published a practical guide, Children...

Scottish nurseries are likely to be packed with Jacks and Chloes over the coming years, as both names have once again topped the list of parents' favourites for their new...

Scotland has been chosen as one of only two countries in the world to test a new World Health Organisation strategy which will promote breastfeeding as one of a range...

Children's charities on both sides of the Irish border have called for the vetting of all childcarers in Ireland and for tougher legislation to protect children from abuse. Last week...

(Photograph) - Joyce Chatterton from Wales (left) and Eilis McKay from Northern Ireland are among the first graduates to gain an MA in Early Childhood Education with Care, a two-year...

The number of overweight children in England and Scotland has almost doubled in recent years, a survey has found. The proportion of children classed as overweight or obese rose between...

Teenage parents are to receive support from the Government to help them get back into education and employment. Public health minister Yvette Cooper gave details last week about Sure Start...

A massive reduction in the number of cases of potentially deadly meningitis C has been revealed in new data from the Department of Health. In the past six months there...

Organisations representing children and adults who have special needs have welcomed the Government's response to concerns about it's revised Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. Education secretary David Blunkett said...