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We report in this issue on interesting moves in Islington, north London, where a council pilot scheme is keeping reception-age children at children's centres to complete the whole of the...

Voluntary sector organisations that support London's most vulnerable children are being targeted for funding cuts under the London Councils' grant scheme.

(Photograph) - Connor Coffey, aged two, shows his mother Sara his expertise with a bucket and spade at the Just Learning nursery in Newbury, Berkshire. To celebrate the relaunch of...

Congratulations to Orchard Barns Kindergarten in Colchester, Essex, the winner of the Nursery World Nursery of the Year Award 2006, sponsored by Morton Michel. Early years consultant and competition judge...

Children will complete the Foundation Stage in children's centres before going on to primary school, in a scheme being piloted in Islington, London. The plan, to be tested out in...

(Photograph) - Declan Cameron, Candis McLaughlin and Felicity Hope, all aged four, together with Fiona Crawley, head of the Drumchapel Family Learning Centre in Glasgow, enjoyed a flying visit by...

The Conservative Party declared school dinner campaigner and TV chef Jamie Oliver a national hero, reported BBCNews, following remarks by Tory MP Boris Johnson that the pressure on children to...

Sure Start children's centres are to carry out home visits to every parent of a newborn baby from next month. Children's minister Beverly Hughes outlined new plans as she confirmed...

A nursery physical activityregime done three times a week for 24 weeks had no effect on body mass index but did improve movement skills, research has found. The Movement and...

The NSPCCis seeking more people to sign up to its EduCare child protection awareness programme as part of its 'Be the FULL STOP' campaign. It says 100,000 people have now...