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One result of our society moving to a more service-based economy is that demand for childcare outside the traditional working day grows. A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation...

Day nurseries across England are finding it difficult to continue offering free childcare places to three- and four-year-olds as the Government's nursery education grant is failing to cover their basic...

Students aged between 16 and 19 in England who become parents are to be given up to £15,000 over three years towards their childcare costs. The Government initiative Care to...

A handbook of cartoons and practical tips and activities for all practitioners working with young deaf children has been produced by the National Deaf Children's Society. Deaf-Friendly Nurseries and Pre-Schools...

Dads from the north of England have come top in a national survey of more than 1,000 children, aged four to 13, at out-of-school clubs across the UK. The survey...

'While I enjoyed my visit, it was rather disconcerting to find some members of staff referring to Ofsted as the organisation that must-not-be-named and some pupils confusing me with Lord...

(Photograph) - Lauren Spence, aged four, gives her dad, Paul, a hug after winning the under-fives section of the National Childcare Week children's art competition for her picture of her...

Having webcams in day nurseries appeared to be given tacit approval by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) after it awarded Pounds 36,000 from its Neighbourhood Nurseries programme last week for...

'While I enjoyed my visit, it was rather disconcerting to find some members of staff referring to Ofsted as the organisation that must-not-be-named and some pupils confusing me with Lord...

The relationship between private and voluntary childcare providers and childcare partnerships still needs work in some areas, a year-long Scottish Executive-funded research project has concluded. The study, Childcare Partnerships: Building...