Opinion: Editor's view

Early years hearts sank as news broke that the BBC was to screen an undercover documentary exposing bad practice in nurseries. Yet the public backlash from 'Whistleblower' has not been very great, certainly not compared to that for 'Nurseries Undercover' three years ago. Managers of high-quality private settings, bracing themselves for negative reactions from parents, have told Nursery World that few have even bothered to comment on the programme, and none have let it affect their confidence in their chosen nursery. This may in part be because the documentary was...