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If you were one of the nearly seven million people who watched the BBC1 documentary 'Nurseries Undercover' last week, you will no doubt be appalled at the bad practice revealed...

One of the UK's largest nursery chains, Nord Anglia, said last week that it is reviewing its procedures after secret television footage filmed at one of its nurseries revealed severe...

'The danger comes if a childcare revolution starts to produce human storage units plagued by fast staff turnover, bad training and low pay. Gordon Brown, on the verge of announcing...

More than 40 schools and early years settings across Wales are due to start piloting the Foundation Phase for three- to seven-year-olds next month. The new framework, which takes a...

The Public and Commercial Services union has called for a halt to planned cuts in Ofsted's funding and a 20 per cent reduction of staff, following the BBC documentary 'Nurseries...

A new service to help corporate organisations and employers to keep up to date with childcare development opportunities is being launched by 4Children at its conference called 'Childhood Matters' on...

The number of employed lone mothers with children aged under three has soared since the introduction of the Working Families Tax Credit in May 2000, according to a report out...

(Photograph) - Zoe Strachan gets to grips with a giant cabbage at the 44th annual Ayr Flower Show, Scotland's equivalent of the Chelsea Flower Show. Some children exhibited their own...

The Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) has renewed its call for Government guidance for childcare workers on immunisations, following the Government's revelation that a new five-in-one vaccination for babies is...

A popular support pack designed to help parents and carers become more involved in children's learning and development is to be re-issued in the autumn. The revised version of the...