A nursery where a baby girl was found unresponsive after she was strapped face down to a bean bag for more than 90 minutes was “badly ran”, a former staff
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A baby girl who was strapped face down to a nursery bean bag died because she was put in a “very unsafe sleeping environment”, a court has heard. Kate Roughley,
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Around 85,000 new childcare places will be needed by September 2025 for the expansion of funded childcare for working parents in England, the Government has estimated. A pilot will start
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Children living near Sure Start centres in their first five years of life performed better in their GCSEs than others, according to a new report whose author warns the current
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the Government’s childcare plan was a “really positive intervention” as he was quizzed by working parents over whether the nursery sector had enough places and
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Parents are frequently given “outdated” advice on how to raise their children, a new poll suggests. This includes being told to “limit physical affection” to being told off for “spoiling”
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Many childcare providers in England will struggle to meet increased demand for funded places under the Government’s offer, early years leaders have said. Families who do manage to secure a
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The Government has launched a £6.5 million-backed recruitment campaign to encourage people to work in the early years sector just two months before the first phase of its flagship childcare
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Parents and carers are being urged to follow advice on safe sleeping with infants after figures showed 19 babies died last year while co-sleeping. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal
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The Government’s childcare reforms could widen the attainment gap between poorer children and their well-off peers before they even start school, a social mobility charity has warned. The quality of
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