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Minister for children Margaret Hodge faced a grilling from early years and childcare delegates last week who demanded higher pay to combat the problem of staff retention and recruitment. During...

More than £1bn allocated to the Department for Education and Skills by the Government last year has not yet been spent, the education secretary admitted to MPs last week. In...

Nanny agencies in Scotland employing more than three full-time staff will have to pay more than £2,500 from the end of September to register with the Scottish Commission for the...

Awards of £11m to fund 86 Neighbourhood Nurseries across England were announced last week by the New Opportunities Fund. The north-west of the country is the largest beneficiary, receiving grants...

'I would give myself, over these nine months, a B.' Education secretary Charles Clarke, asked by the education and skills select committee what grade he would give himself since taking...

(Photograph) - Bridget Prentice MP (second from right) presented certificates to the winners of the third annual Lewisham Childcare Trainee of the Year Awards at a ceremony at Lewisham Town...

Schools in England were last week offered an extra £800m to stabilise the school funding system and avoid a repeat of this year's funding crisis. Education secretary Charles Clarke also...

Scotland's largest disability organisation, Capability Scotland, has called for a series of far-reaching reforms to ensure that disabled children can access childcare services. The charity has found that many parents...

Childcare agencies in Scotland employing more than three full-time staff will have to pay more than £2,500 by the end of September to register with the Scottish Commission for the...

More than 400 nursery nurses in East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South and North Lanarkshire went on strike for three days last week to kick off the second phase of...