Nursery worker slashed amid ‘Allah’ cries by ‘women dressed all in black’
A nursery worker was slashed by three women who attacked her in the street while shouting “Allah”, her colleague has said. The white woman, who is in her 30s, was
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Labour to overhaul ‘patchy’ childcare with free care pledge for two to four year olds
Labour has said that more than a million families will benefit its pledge to overhaul “patchy” childcare provision as it sought focus on its manifesto plans to roll out free
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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood plans free nursery places for three-year-olds
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood is setting out plans for free nursery places for all three-year-olds in Wales as she resumes her party’s General Election campaign following a pause after
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Aberdeenshire nursery told it must make swift improvements
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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Council probe starts after four-year-old boy wanders away from Fife nursery
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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Former West Midlands nursery worker pleads guilty to 22 child sex offences
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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Warning over free childcare offer as 22% of nurseries ‘unlikely’ to join scheme
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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9,000 childcare places to be created with early learning funding boost
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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30 hours of free childcare scheme ‘could lead to higher fees for parents’
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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Report: Children’s Services Workforce 2015 (Scotland) – New SSSC data report
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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