A nursery in Fraserburgh has been told it must make swift improvements to the care provided to children. Inspectors from the Care Inspectorate have served a formal improvement notice on
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A local authority has launched an investigation after a child wandered out of a council nursery. The four-year-old boy’s mother found him walking in a nearby street as she was
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A former nursery worker has pleaded guilty to raping a child and inciting sexual activity with children. Jamie Chapman pleaded guilty to 22 sexual offences, including raping a teenage boy,
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Tens of thousands of young children attending nurseries could miss out on 30 free hours a week of childcare, industry leaders have said. More than a fifth of nurseries (22%)
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More than 9,000 childcare places are to be created as part of a £50 million boost for early learning. The money will fund capital grants in order to help nurseries,
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Parents could face higher fees and extra charges for childcare as a result of Government plans to double the free hours available to pre-school children, it has been suggested. In
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published the Children’s Services Workforce 2015 report which provides a more detailed breakdown of the workforce in children’s services than was previously available. The
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Parents can pre-register on Wednesday for the Government’s Tax-Free Childcare scheme, which launches at the end of next month. The initiative will begin on April 28 for parents of children
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Thousands of nursery workers are being paid below the National Living Wage even though their employers receive Government funding through childcare vouchers and subsidies for parents, a report claims. The
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Around one in three parents do not know if their child is being taught by a qualified early years teacher, according to a poll. The majority of mothers and fathers
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