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We've got a bumper package this week to tide you over the Easter break. Spring is definitely in the air, and the children you work with will love to sow...

A Government proposal to pay grandparents for caring for their grandchildren so parents could go out to work or training has been given a mixed reception by early years organisations....

(Photograph) - Staff at the 35-place Little People Nursery in Wakefield, Yorkshire, have celebrated being awarded Investors in People status. Val Iveson, the nursery owner (centre right, with Sarah Flynn,...

'Money is not the issue as far as my job is concerned; it is a vocation and is its own reward' Janice Edmonds, nursery nurse at Bryntirion Infant School, Bridgend,...

All registered daycare providers in Wales come under a new inspection body from next week. From Monday, 1 April, all registered provision for children under the age of eight will...

(Photograph) - Nicole Blanchflower and Jasmine Foubister got in touch with Matey, an Australian bearded dragon who made a visit to Westhill Pre-school Playgroup in Aberdeen with Roland Digby from...

The Government has proposed a career structure for classroom assistants in England that could result in significant pay rises for some. The four-part structure is described in a draft paper...

Pre-schools and nurseries are being urged to get involved in a national debate on the future of education in Scotland. The Scottish Executive wants them to take part in considering...

* Staff at East Nursery in Paisley have been warmly congratulated by education minister Cathy Jamieson for their 'tremendous achievement' in earning the first Charter Mark for excellence in public...

Childminders will not be required to pay for police checks when a new central organisation, Disclosure Scotland, takes over responsibility for screening childcare providers next month. A Scottish Executive spokesperson...