Editor's view

The teaching unions got hot under the collar last week at the thought of Ofsted giving young children questionnaires about their schools as part of the inspection process. Yet, surely, the principle of consulting with children about the services that cater for them is a sound one, so long as it is done in an appropriate manner. There has been a lot of interest in the past few years about the best ways to consult with very young children, and our cover feature this week, 'View finders' (pages 14-15), shows how one Foundation Stage co-ordinator gathered some valuable opinions that...