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A scheme in Scotland to encourage parents to play games with their newborn babies could soon become the model for a similar programme in England, as a way of tackling...

Childcare agencies which have not yet applied for registration under the new Scottish Executive legislation have been granted amnesty until 30 September. Deputy health minister Tom McCabe announced the amnesty...

Pre-school teachers in Scotland now number 1,733, according to figures released by the Scottish Executive last week. In the September 2003 census of publicly-funded schools, the total number of teachers...

Scotland's population is projected to fall below five million in 2009 in demographic figures released last week by the Registrar General for Scotland. By 2027 the proportion of children under...

An apparent rise in pay for staff in private day nurseries in the past two years is primarily due to the increase in the national minimum wage, a survey of...

(Photograph) - Two-year-old Erin Small spends some quality time with her uncle at George Green Children's Centre in London during 'Take Your Dad to Nursery Day', organised by Tower Hamlets...

Families on income support are struggling to feed their children healthy food over the summer holidays, according to a report published last week by Barnardo's. The children's charity is calling...

Children are being served up too many calories and excessive fat and not enough of the necessary fibre content and essential vitamins in children's meals on the menu at restaurants,...

Parents of young children could benefit from information and advice in a new 'Safe Parenting' handbook produced by the the Lancashire Area Child Protection Committee. More than 30,000 copies of...

The future of maintained nursery school provision in Lancaster is hanging in the balance as the council proposes a 'more integrated approach' to childcare. Lancaster's two maintained nursery schools -...