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Free briefing sessions for parents and childcare providers on claiming childcare tax credits are being held throughout Scotland during February and March. Visit www.childcaretaxcredits.info for information and call 0131 556...

Identifying social and educational policies to tackle educational inequality among children will be the focus of a two-year project by the Pre-school Learning Alliance and 13 European research partners. The...

Crisis in Stoke-on-Trent's children's services has led to four private companies being shortlisted to take over the running of the department. The DfES intervened to send in advisers late last...

The UK's largest nursery chain, Leapfrog, has sold five leasehold sites south of London to new nursery group Bright New Minds in a deal completed last week. The nurseries, in...

The final Foundation Stage Profile results for 2006 reveal for the first time the extent of inequality between children in the most deprived areas of England and the rest of...

Childcare and motor vehicle maintenance swapped places at Northampton College last month when students set out to show that certain careers are not just for girls or boys. Twenty-four college...

Scotland's education minister has endorsed moves to put play back into learning at school entry - but will schools and teachers be ready for it? Simon Vevers reports The move...

Need a place for toddler play sessions or a breastfeeding support group to meet? Call the fire brigade, as one council serving rural areas has. Simon Vevers reports Close ties...

Make the weather into productive fun as children use simple resources to observe it, says Deborah Sharpe Having plenty of seasonal activities on offer throughout the grey and gloomy winter...

A strategy for consulting frankly with staff on improving a setting is outlined by Shona Carmichael How happy are your staff? What do they really feel about their jobs, the...