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Of all the areas of childcare, it is probably childminding that has changed the most over the years since the National Childcare Strategy was introduced. And it is the childminding...

Childcare is not going to expand at the expense of a workforce on low salaries, England's minister for children pledged last week. Margaret Hodge made the comment following her address...

(Photograph) - Sure Start minister Catherine Ashton officially opened Crocus Early Years Centre's 50-place nursery at Great Connard Upper School in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 12 November. She said, 'Crocus and...

The plight of families with disabled children and ethnic minorities trying to find suitable childcare was highlighted at the Daycare Trust's annual conference in London last week. During the conference,...

Parents and carers are being encouraged to 'detox their toy box' before Christmas and donate good-quality toys and games to children's charity Barnardo's. The annual Foresters Toy and Christmas appeal...

Teachers in England and Wales are to receive a 2.5 per cent pay rise from next April followed by a further 2.5 per cent in April 2005 and topped up...

'People do not like being told that they live in "pockets of deprivation". They think it's a comment on them.'

Britain needs 'a cohesive strategy' to reach the UK's poorest and most vulnerable children, the charity Barnardo's said last week. At the start of its four-week 'Silver Spoons' advertisement campaign,...

Sitter services are inadequate to meet demand from parents and suffer from long-term funding uncertainty, research for the Scottish Executive has found. A study funded by the Scottish Executive found...

Aleading early years education consultant has called for local authority nurseries to try to engage in the new Care Commission inspection process. Drew McCanney told last week's Early Years and...