Editor's view

What a week it's been for news in the early years education and care sector, with the launch of the final Early Years Foundation Stage materials, a damning report into the low success rates for early years NVQ apprenticeships, and the release of the Government's consultation into nursery education funding, among much else. You can read all about it in our bumper news section, starting on page 4. The regulations for numbers and levels of qualified staff found in an appendix to the EYFS framework document remain dispiritingly unambitious, with only one of member staff required to have a level...