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Training continues to be at the top of the early years education and childcare agenda, with the search for suitable candidates to go forward for Early Years Professional status now...

Practitioners who are close to the level of experience required for the new Early Years Professional (EYP) status are being urged to apply for the pilot training and assessment programmes...

The number of childcare places in England is continuing to rise, quarterly figures from Ofsted show. At the end of March there were 107,600 providers offering 1,537,800 places, an increase...

Five children who attend a Careshare Nursery in Fife remained seriously ill in hospital as Nursery World went to press on Monday, in an outbreak of E.coli 0157 linked to...

(Photograph) - Hundreds of children were among the onlookers who turned out to see a mechanical elephant the size of a three-story house as it reached Horse Guards Parade in...

A 24-hour satellite television channel aimed at babies and toddlers just launched in the US could be on Britain's screens by Christmas, said the Daily Mail. BabyFirstTV shows simple purpose-made...

One of the UK's largest nursery groups is to install webcams in all its nurseries. The Manor Tree Group, part of CfBT, is the first of the top 20 chains...

The National Day Nurseries Association hosted a roundtable event in London on 11 May to discuss the long-term role of the private and voluntary sectors within the Government's childcare policies....

Training providers, awarding bodies and colleges will soon be able to access an online resource answering some of the most frequently asked questions about the new National Occupational Standards in...

Working mothers are likely to stay healthier and slimmer than their stay-at-home counterparts, according to a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Researchers from University College...