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A £4 billion cash injection over three years to take the number of children's centres to 3,500, accelerate training of the early years workforce and ensure sufficient childcare places has...

Nursery children picnicked with two cabinet leaders last week to highlight the role of childcare in combating child poverty.

The Graduate Leader fund is replacing the Transformation Fund, which the DCFS said was 'severely underspent in 2006-07, with further underspending predicted in 2008-09'. But unlike the Transformation Fund, it...

Prams used to push generations of royal babies have been so popularised by Hollywood stars like Angelina Jolie and Liz Hurley that the manufacturer, Silver Cross, is opening up production...

Too much formal education too soon and playtime reduced for the sake of academic achievement, particularly in the early years, were charges levelled at the Government at last week's conference...

The use of drugs to treat mental health problems in children has risen dramatically in the past decade.

Tigger and Winnie the Pooh paid a visit to the Magic Roundabout Nursery in Binfield, south London, to help the nursery raise over £400 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital,...

The Professional Nanny of the Year has been named by the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN) as Heidi McFadyen from St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Heidi was presented with the award...

Help for flood-hit nurseries is being offered by the National Association of Day Nurseries in a factsheet giving advice and information on how to get a stricken nursery up and...

Children's teeth are being damaged by 'healthy' fruit juices which can contain as much sugar as some fizzy drinks, a dentists' group has warned. Dr Philip Stemmer, a dentist at...