Yesterday (Wednesday 11 October) the shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced at Labour’s party conference plans to carry out a review into the early years, covering the workforce, ways to widen ‘childcare eligibility’ and increase school-based provision.
Responding to the news, June O’Sullivan, chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation who has been awarded an OBE in the Honorary awards to foreign nationals (Irish), said, ‘As children from disadvantaged backgrounds struggle to find access to quality nursery education – thereby increasing the attainment gap even further – we welcome Labour’s new ambitious review to fix what is currently a broken childcare system.’
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