The Government's roll-out of 300 school-based nurseries at a cost of £37 million has been in the headlines. The Early Years Alliance has launched a Freedom of Information request to clarify the impact on the PVI sector and whether it will either force out settings or negatively impact them. Old wounds are being reopened between the maintained and private, voluntary and independent sector, and there is an understandable feeling of unease around the policy.
It was great to be invited to the Nursery World Business Summit in March. The one big takeaway for me was the lack of a single coherent body that represents the needs of the entire sector. Policies like school-based childcare are divisive and there is a danger of being split, having to compete against each other, for places or for funding.
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