Nursery World - Childcare services are 'at crossroads'

Areport published this week by the Daycare Trust has urged the Government to take stock of its achievements and initiatives in the early years sector over the past four years and to reflect on what kind of children's services it wants. The report, The UK at the crossroads: Towards an early years European partnership, contrasts demographics, employment and policies across the 15 member states of the European Union, and summarises care and education services for pre-school-age children.

The report, The UK at the crossroads: Towards an early years European partnership, contrasts demographics, employment and policies across the 15 member states of the European Union, and summarises care and education services for pre-school-age children.

However, its author, Peter Moss, professor of early childhood education at the University of London's Institute of Education, denies that he is Government-bashing. He says, 'I want to dispel any notion of a uniformly-failing UK compared with a homogeneous and uniformly-successful rest of Europe. The UK has important early childhood traditions, many examples of innovative and inspiring practice and valuable experience from which other European countries can benefit.'

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