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Parents with children at beleagured inner-city nurseries are facing doubled fees. Parents using council and community nurseries in the London borough of Hackney have been contacted by the director of...

(Photograph) - Abacus Training Centre in Dundee has won Scottish Quality Management System accreditation from the Scottish Qualifications Association. Training manager Irene Berry (right, with Abacus Day Nurseries owner Joyce...

* Jigsaw Group was the only childcare provider among 30 organisations to win national awards for supporting European Week for Safety and Health last year when its aim was to...

* Tens of thousands of women are being illegally sacked or threatened with dismissal because they are pregnant, claims a report by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux ....

Managers of half the playgroups in England hold a childcare or education qualification at only NVQ level 2 or under, a major study funded by the Department for Education and...

Adults can obtain a child's eye-view of nursery life by giving young children cameras and encouraging them to photograph the things that are most important to them. A report, Listening...

Children at Elmwood Infants' School in Thornton Heath, Surrey have become stars of their own Internet website. Parents can check the site for a diary of events and reports of...

Concessions on staff qualification levels in nurseries mean little as long as training lags so far behind. Ruth Thomson reports Childcare provision has boomed in recent years, while childcare training...

For settings other than full daycare - sessional care, childminding, creches and out-of-school care - the original proposals for national standards will stand, with the manager expected to be qualified...

The 'key person' approach to nursery care needs greater recognition, says Peter Elfer, as he explains its importance for very young children Last December, Elinor Goldschmied celebrated her 90th birthday....