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Welcome to the new-look front section of Nursery World. We may have changed the front cover and the contents page, but inside you'll find the same great mix of news,...

The playwork sector is in danger of becoming a 'diluted workforce' unless the quality of play qualifications improves, according to a playwork educator. Speaking at last month's conference of the...

(Photograph) - Dr Tanya Byron, presenter of the BBC TV series 'Little Angels', congratulates the winners of the Croydon Childcare Stars Awards, organised by the Croydon Early Years and Childcare...

An early years pedagogue model should be developed for staff who work in children's centres, new research from the National Children's Bureau concludes. Defining and developing an integrated workforce in...

(Photograph) - A £1.75m children's centre has blossomed on the old site of Walton Lane Nursery School in Nelson, Lancashire, where children and families gathered last month to celebrate the...

Children today spend four times as much time with their parents as in the 1970s, according to a survey quoted in The Times - 250 minutes a day, compared with...

A local authority will be the first in Scotland to establish a drugs awareness programme for three-to five-year-olds when it launches a drama project at all its pre-fives settings in...

The most dedicated childcarers in England were rewarded for their good practice at a star-studded ceremony held at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London on 29 June. This year's Childcare Stars...

More than a million children and parents took part in the 5,000 events held across the country in June to celebrate National Sure Start Month, the Pre-school Learning Alliance, the...

New inspection arrangements for schools, local authority children's services and initial teacher training have been published by Ofsted. The three new frameworks, which follow extensive consultation and pilot inspections, set...