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With tough trading conditions, Government competition hitting occupancy rates and a run of negative national news stories, the private nursery sector is in need of some cheer! So it's great...

Nursery chain Child Base has won praise for its employee training and development programme, Sound Foundations, from leading EPPE researcher Professor Edward Melhuish of Birkbeck College, London. Nursery providers and...

A children's charity is calling on the Government to ensure that the role of play in extended schools is high on the political agenda. Barnardo's held a debate in London...

Nursery group Careshare has questioned the official advice it received in the wake of the E. coli 0157 outbreak at the Lauder College nursery in Dunfermline. The chain has introduced...

(Photograph) - Children from Happy Days nursery in Dundee celebrated Europe Day by planting marigolds to represent the 12 gold stars of the EU flag in the garden of Dundee...

Harry Potter's flying car has been discovered after it disappeared from film studios in St Agnes, Cornwall last year, said the Daily Express. The car was found in good condition...

The DfES decision to structure the proposed Early Years Foundation Stage around the six areas of learning has drawn criticism from around the early years sector. One local authority early...

The National Childminding Association is looking for people who are interested in helping shape and direct the NCMA to nominate themselves by 8 June to become members of the Board....

The national fertility rate is now the highest for 13 years, with an average of 1.8 births for every woman in England and Wales, according to the Office for National...

New minimum nutritional standards for school food have been published by the DfES. From September, meals high in salt, fat and sugar content or containing low-quality meat will be banned...