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There was no sign this week that the five-week-old nursery nurse dispute was any closer to resolution as waves of industrial action continued across Scotland, linked to a boycott of...

Irene Audain, chief executive of the Scottish Out-of-School Care Network, received an MBE for services to out-of-school care in Scotland in last weekend's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Mary Bernadette Munden,...

Scotland's primary schools have been sent information packs with health and safety guidance to protect pupils from the E.coli 0157 infection on school trips to farms. Scotland experiences a 'disproportionately...

Congratulations are in order for children and staff at the ABC Nursery in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, who raised £628 for the special care baby unit at Dumfries Royal Infirmary with a...

'We are in favour of well-qualified, trained classroom assistants as a support for teachers but what we are cautious about is the problem which has arisen down south where classroom...

A group of 317 French-speaking Scottish children have set a Guinness World Record by performing the largest simultaneous sing-along for charity. Pupils from La Jolie Ronde, a language centre that...

Asquith Court Schools, the UK's largest nursery chain, has acquired the London-based Rivertide Group in a move that further consolidates its position as market leader. The Rivertide Group, established in...

(Photograph) - It's chalks away as seven-year-old Nicole Cherrault takes part in the annual Young Pavement Artists competition on Colonnade Walk in Victoria, London, on 7 June. This year's theme...

The job title of 'nursery nurse' should be changed to 'early years worker' in order to attract more men to the job, delegates at a national conference on men in...

Working mothers not only do the 'school run', but also the 'pre-school nursery run', the 'childcare run' and the 'work run', according to a report by an academic at the...