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Childcare workers will know exactly what they're letting themselves in for on a new course. Karen Faux reports What is expected of childcare workers and what are the underpinning values...

Next month Labour will have been in power for ten years, a decade characterised by constant change in every aspect of early years provision and childcare. Yet as our Comment...

Nursery groups are starting to expand again after a period of stagnation in the sector. Although low occupancy levels continue to be of concern for some nurseries, there appears to...

A Birmingham nursery has escaped fines and prosecution following the withdrawal of a noise abatement notice. Little Angels Day Nursery and Pre-school in Sandwell was issued an abatement notice by...

The National Day Nurseries Association is urging nurseries to respond to the Government's early years funding consultation. The NDNA warned that providers could miss out on the opportunity to make...

The narrator of 'Trumpton' and 'Camberwick Green' is the best-loved voice from British children's television, according to a poll in new BBC magazine Underground Ernie.Brian Cant, now 73, beat 'Bagpuss'...

(Photograph) - Simge Samet, five, celebrated the arrival of spring by basking in the masses of cherry blossom in her garden in Bournemouth last week. Photo BNPS/Phil Yeomans

Voluntary providers will be supplying childcare services for 22,000 children at 16 new children's centres opening across Devon over the next year. Devon County Council said that Barnardo's, NCH, the...

The Children's Workforce Development Council has set out its programme of work for the next financial year in its 2007-2008 Business Plan. The agenda includes training for Early Years Professional...

Three free regional events in London, Leeds and Newcastle will be hosted by Skills Active to raise awareness of the new specialist diploma in Society, Health and Development for 14-...