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'Early childhood education is neither rocket science nor the panacea for all our social ills, though listening to the high priestesses of what has become a millennium cult you might...

Private childcare providers across Scotland may heave a sigh of relief to learn that they do not need to register with Disclosure Scotland, the new police checks organisation, to access...

Parents who have decided to have their children given the combined MMR vaccine have been commended by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Mac Armstrong, as new figures showed the rate...

The Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh has launched a new calendar of workshops. The programme starts on 11 May with an interactive session on letting children take part in storytelling....

Winners have been announced in Scotland's first-ever School Awards, given in partnership between the Scottish Executive and the Daily Record newspaper. They include Frances Wright Pre-school in Dundee, which came...

A Perthshire nursery school has been praised by HMI for catching children's achievements on camera. Whistlebrae Montessori Nursery School in Braco is commended for its approach to assessing and recording...

The Government's early years policies have been called into question in a new think-tank report . In the report, Comparing Pre-school Standards, published last week, the group Politiea asked whether...

Grants of nearly £250,000 have been awarded to build or renovate six day nurseries in England to boost the Government's Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative. The New Opportunities Fund's (NOF) Building Neighbourhood...

(Photograph) - Five-year-old Tia Laverne Roberts played the stock markets and beat the professionals at their own game. In a year-long test of portfolio selection, her £5,000 fantasy investment secured...

More than 50 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion calling for the Government to register nannies. The Early Day Motion was proposed earlier this month by Geraint Davies, Labour...