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Two former childminders have been awarded £7,000 by the Local Government Ombudsman following a complaint about their treatment at the hands of their local council. The childminders, a married couple...

(Photograph) - Registered childminders and staff with the National Childminding Association, including chief executive Gill Haynes, hit the road as they took part in the British 10km Open Road Race...

A childminder convicted of murdering a baby in her care has had her life sentence reduced to seven years for manslaughter. Last week the Court of Appeal ruled that Norfolk...

Peter Housden has been appointed head of the Department for Education and Skills' schools directorate, which is responsible for the development and implementation of Government policy on the early years,...

Tommy's Campaign, the charity that funds research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth, has changed its name to Tommy's, the baby charity, and will be known as...

The National Children's Bureau has appointed a research officer in Northern Ireland to explore why a high proportion of children with parents from mixed-community backgrounds end up in public care...

A registered childminder appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last week charged with the murder of a one-year-old boy. Tina McLeod was released on bail while the case was adjourned for...

Nord Anglia, the private education group that owns Princess Christian Nurseries and recently contracted to buy the Milton Keynes-based Bright Horizons group, has bought a new business specialising in delivering...

Teachers and nursery nurses joined together at a union conference last week to give unanimous support to a motion calling for the Government to 'address the inequality of rewarding some...

Steiner kindergartens are now receiving public funding for three-and four-year-olds following a gradual sea-change in the Government's attitude towards their play-based philosophy. Under the Steiner system, children aged three to...