All news on the topic: Nurseries

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'Free childcare is life-changing as I'm in survival mode - but it's Catch-22'
Lucie Driver, 26, has sleepless nights over paying bills and affording childcare when her mat leave comes to an end. While she says the new package announced today by Jeremy Hunt is 'life-changing', she raises concern about the toll on nurseries and their staff
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Brit farmer who tried to warn supermarkets knows what's behind vegetable crisis
Farmer Steve Cornwell attempted to tip off leading supermarkets Aldi, Asda and the Cooperative about the impending vegetable shortages, and knew early on we had a "big problem"
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‘We’ve helped families escape the war in Ukraine – this is what we learned’
A year on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Mirror speaks to three British hosts and the Ukrainian families they’ve invited into their homes
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Nursery worker shares why she would never send her kids after look behind scenes
The woman explained why she would not like her own children to go to nursery school if she starts a family in the future, based on her previous experience working for one
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'I'm a childcare expert and I'd never read these kids books in my classroom'
Reading is fundamental to children's development and can teach important messages about life and morality but this teacher is dropping some classics from her pre-school classroom
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Nursery in racism row after blackface painted on kids for Black History Month
Parents were outraged with Studio Kids Little River in Maimi, Florida after seeing images of their children with their faces painted on Friday - the director has since apologised to the parents
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Mum fumes as nursery worker asks for picture of her child to take home
Her child has only been at the nursery for three months but his key worker asked if she could get a picture with him for her to put up at her home - leaving the mum seething
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Dad in stitches over 5-year-old daughter's sassy response to homework question
A dad has taken to Reddit to share the 'answer' his five-year-old daughter gave on her worksheet when asked to show what formula she used to answer her maths questions
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Nursery apologises after child with Down's syndrome ‘treated less favourably’
A nursery has apologised after parents claimed their daughter with Down's syndrome was 'treated less favourably' and forced to start later than other children
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Daughter, 6, brings loaded gun to school after dad 'forgot' it was in backpack
Reginald McCoy faces charges of child neglect and culpable negligence after allegedly putting the gun in his daughter's bag which she then took to school
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Children eating poo at 'inadequate' nursery slammed by watchdog
The Ofsted report into Kidspiration nursery highlighted "incredibly poor" care practices, and the inspector who carried out the assessment even had to intervene on occasions
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Dad tells of ‘Armageddon terror’ as Ukrainian helicopter fell onto son’s nursery
Father Mykola Antonov said he screamed at people to run away seconds before hearing an explosion. He saw the huge helicopter coming towards them in Ukraine
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'My son's nursery made a photo diary of his daily adventures - but they're fake'
The mum knows her son has been struggling with the social aspect of nursery so was pleasantly surprised to see pictures of him running about and having fun, until she looked harder at them
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Inside charred nursery gutted by helicopter crash explosion which killed 18
Three children were killed when a helicopter carrying Ukrainian interior ministry officials plunged into a kindergarten in Brovary, Ukraine - with the death toll expected to rise
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Nursery where baby died tells parents they may not get refunds despite closure
Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley, West Midlands, was closed down after a one-year-old boy died on December 9 last year. Police are treating the death as suspicious
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Police hunt as teenage arsonist escapes hospital before fire attacks take place
Johnny Brady, 19, escaped from St Andrew's Healthcare facility on New Year's Eve where he was serving a hospital order following convictions relating to serious arson offences