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It is rare indeed to find a good news story about wages and conditions for early years professionals, but the Nottinghamshire nursery nurse pay deal appears to be just that....

Early years organisations have expressed growing frustration with the uncertainty about where the sector fits into the Labour Government's plans for its second term. Three weeks after the general election,...

(Photograph) - Children at Flora Stevenson Nursery in Edinburgh are discovering the joy of cooking in weekly classes with nutritionist Sarah Hope. She is sponsored by supermarket chain Safeway to...

Kids' Clubs Network (KCN) has called on the Government to invest £1.25bn a year in out-of-school provision to regenerate communities. In a report, Kids' Clubs in the Community, published by...

The trade union Unison has called for all support staff in schools to be employed on the same national terms and conditions as all other local authority workers. A motion...

The support organisation for community-run early years groups in Gloucestershire - PATA, the Playgroup and Toddler Association - has achieved Investor in People status. Over nine years its membership has...

(Photograph) - The impact of war on children around the world is analysed in a Unicef report launched last week by Jemima Khan. The report, Children Under Siege, calls on...

'We worry about being an embarrassing granny at the school gate. But older children always think their parents are cringe-worthy, and an older mum will have more panache and confidence...

Anew wave of 425 beacon and 650 specialist schools have been named by education and skills secretary Estelle Morris. Triangle Nursery School in the London borough of Lambeth was among...

Voluntary childcare organisations are protesting about £500,000 of grants awarded last week to private nurseries by Glasgow City Council. Margaret Harkins, chief executive of the Scottish After-School Care Association, has...