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The former nursery nurses from Newcastle who have just been awarded substantial libel damages have been living through what must be every childcare worker's worst nightmare - to be branded...

Two former nursery nurses accused of abusing the children in their care are seeking to rebuild their lives after having their names cleared in an action for libel. Dawn Reed,...

The public service union Unison is concerned that headteachers involved in a Department for Education and Skills project to explore ways of reducing teachers' workload may not have fully consulted...

A Bill to end child deaths from abuse and neglect has been introduced to the House of Commons by Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow. He said, 'A child dies every...

Literacy specialists from around the world gathered at the University of Edinburgh last week for the International Reading Association's 19th World Congress on Reading to discuss topics including early literacy,...

Correction: The Royal Ulster Constabulary is now the Police Service for Northern Ireland, not the Police Force as said in the feature 'Think again' (1 August).

'People found it hard to retain a friendship with me after the allegations were made. Girls I trained with to become a nursery nurse couldn't bear to be my friend...

(Photograph) - Children in the West Highlands are climbing behind the wheel at an early age. Nursery children at Clobber Primary School in Milngavie are learning road safety in the...

The transfer of responsibility for the registration and inspection of daycare to Ofsted last September has led the Office for National Statistics to postpone publishing the latest daycare statistics for...

The new criminal records checks organisation Disclosure Scotland says it is processing applications for the enhanced level of check within an average of two to three days. This is a...