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The Government has called on UK businesses to play a greater part in the expansion of childcare for their staff. Speaking at a conference on employer-supported childcare last week, minister...

Schools are being given Government guidance for promoting a fit and healthy lifestyle for children. The Healthy Living Blueprint brings together a range of resources and ideas to assist schools...

Plans for extended schools was a hot topic in the media last week. But although the Government was touting it as a new idea designed to support working parents in...

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has moved up to fourth place in the nursery chain league table with the acquisition of two more nursery groups. In June this year Bright Horizons...

12 October An introduction to child protection Assessing and managing risk, and listening to children.

The Government should concentrate on making childcare and early years provision affordable and sustainable and develop a specific strategy to tackle shortages of places in London, the Commons Public Accounts...

Supporting parents: messages from research A major research programme involving 14 studies on parental support. The findings show the importance of joined-up integrated services that enable parents to take control...

(Photograph) - Three-year-old June-Seo Lee displays a fish she made at the Family Arts Workshop at the second Disability Rights Festival, held in London's Trafalgar Square to promote disability equality...

Childcare and educational establishments have welcomed the Government's commitment to the extended schools initiative, while warning that 'it can't be done on the cheap'. Speaking at 'Every Childhood Matters', a...

Harry is extremely active, rarely staying still. When sat on an adult's lap he bobs up and down energetically, and if held under his armpits his feet slide up and...