Search results for ‘nursery’
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Thailand in mourning after nursery attack
Thailand is in mourning after at least 36 people – including 23 children – were killed at a nursery.
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At least 37 killed in Thailand nursery shooting
Thailand is mourning the 37 victims of a mass shooting and stabbing.
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Scottish minister Humza Yousaf claims nursery discriminated against daughter
The Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has made a complaint against a nursery near Dundee, alleging that it refused to offer his daughter a place on the grounds of her mother’s Muslim name. Mr Yousaf and his wife then helped co-ordinate five further enquiries using Muslim and “white sounding” names, and they allege that the…
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Teenage nursery worker jailed for sex attacks on infants
A teenage nursery worker who sexually abused nine young children has been sentenced to 14 and a half years. Jayden McCarthy was found guilty of 13 indecent assaults and one count of rape during his time at the nursery in Devon, as well as two other counts of rape unconnected to the nursery.
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Police investigate allegations of sexual abuse at Devon nursery
Police investigating alleged sexual assaults at a nursery in Torquay have warned that a “number of children” could be potential victims.
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More nursery classes in schools could tackle inequality
The head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, says too many children from poor backgrounds are not “school ready” aged five, and more nursery provision in primary schools in England would help.
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Council ‘failed to stop nursery rapist’s behaviour’
Ofsted and council staff are criticised for failing to properly investigate “obvious pointers” about the behaviour of Paul Wilson, a nursery worker jailed for raping a toddler.
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Coalition at war over nursery places reform
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg vetoes Tory Education Minister Liz Truss’s plan to let childminders look after more children in a bid to reduce the cost of childcare. Jane Dodge reports.
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Cost of nursery places like ‘second mortgage’
The cost of nurseries has almost doubled over the last decade, with a full-time place setting back families an average of £11,000 a year, according to a report.
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Nursery makes ash dieback legal bid
As the number of confirmed cases of ash dieback reaches 52, a plant nursery forced to destroy 50,000 ash trees is suing the government for failing to block imports of the tree sooner.
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Nursery staff ‘lack basic skills’
Students need more qualifications to look after animals than care for young children, a Government review has found.
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Nursery care costs rise as tax credits fall
A childcare charity’s survey finds childcare costs up almost six per cent, as it calls on the government to scrap changes to child tax credits which it says could push some families into poverty.
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Toddler ‘should be expelled’ for nursery attack
A toddler’s parents have demanded that a two-year-old girl is expelled from her nursery, for allegedly beating their daughter black and blue.
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Free nursery places for disadvantaged toddlers
Up to 140,000 two-year-olds from poor homes could benefit from plans to extend free nursery education, Minister for Children Sarah Teather says.
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Nursery worker pleads guilty to abuse
A 20-year-old nursery worker has pleaded guilty to the rape of a toddler in his care. Paul Anthony Wilson also pleaded guilty to more than 40 offences of grooming teenagers online.
