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This is the final edition of Nursery World for 2004 - our next issue is out on January 6. We can look back on a year packed with change in...

Two primary schools have banned parents from taking photographs and videos of children taking part in nativity plays following training sessions run by their local authority on child protection issues....

Playworkers who want to gain senior practitioner status will soon have the opportunity to study for the UK's first sector-endorsed Foundation Degree in Playwork. SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for...

(Photograph) - More than 400 children from 16 primary schools from the London Borough of Southwark gathered in Shakespeare's Globe theatre for this year's winter concert on 9 December. African...

Ruth Kelly has been named Secretary of State for Education and Skills, following Charles Clarke's move to Home Secretary. Ms Kelly, 36, joined the Cabinet Office in 2004. She started...

Children from nurseries and primary schools across the UK are invited on a 15-minute walk in the playground to raise money for terminally ill cancer patients. Marie Curie Cancer is...

The Sure Start Unit offers acomprehensive guide to qualifications for working in early years, childcare and playwork. See www.surestart.gov.uk/_doc/ index.cfm?document=1181 or call 0845 602 2260 and quote the reference DfES-1129-2004....

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Grandparents are being recruited by a nursery chain to beat staff shortages. Tops Day Nurseries, which operates nine nurseries across the south of England, hopes to find grandparents aged from...

Three members of staff at a Just Learning nursery in Cambridgeshire have been charged with child cruelty offences following an incident involving a 15-month-old child. The manager, deputy manager and...