Editor's view

By Liz Roberts, editor, Nursery World, 27 July 2006

The nursery education grant row is gathering pace, with Kent County Council in talks with the Department for Education and Skills about the new code of practice, and settings from all over the country adding their voices to the protests (see News, page 8 and Special Report, pages 10-11). Children's Minister Beverley Hughes is adamant that the free sessions of nursery education for three- and four-year-olds must remain free at the point of delivery, with parents not asked for direct or indirect top-up fees. This is admirable in principle, but the DfES has signally failed to explain why the private...

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