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Early years manifesto

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 15, 2017
    • | Nursery World
In the run-up to the general election, our columnist Natalie Perera has some advice for the next Prime Minister.

Too good to be true?

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 19, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Natalie Perera argues that the early years sector should welcome scrutiny of Ofsted grades

Dawning realisation

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 16, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Our columnist reflects on what party conference season means for the early years

Downward trend

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 17, 2018
    • | Nursery World
The Government focus on skewing funded childcare towards working parents means those most in need are missing out

Time after time

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 27, 2019
    • | Nursery World
Despite a recent Social Mobility Commission report and an IFS review under way, the inequality problem isn’t really being tackled

More justification

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 24, 2019
    • | Nursery World
The latest research into the benefits of the Sure Start programme backs up the positive points made in previous studies

Paying lip service

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 16, 2019
    • | Nursery World
The Government needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to releasing more funds for the early years

We need better data

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 7, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Nursery World columnist Natalie Perera argues the case for more data in the early years sector.

My doubts on 30 hours

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 21, 2017
    • | Nursery World
The eagerly awaited Evaluation of Early Implementation of 30 Hours Free Childcare was published in July.

Unwelcome Reception

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 28, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Why are more parents of summer-born children requesting a delay to their school start, asks Natalie Perera

It’s how you spend it

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 9, 2019
    • | Nursery World
Yet more evidence shows that investment in education is best started in the early years and maintained throughout childhood

A working strategy

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 20, 2020
    • | Nursery World
The success of the Graduate Leader Fund in boosting qualifications shows that evidence-based, long-term strategies can work, says Natalie Perera

A decade of decline

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 16, 2020
    • | Nursery World
Ten years after the Marmot Review on health inequality and the Government is still ignoring evidence that investing early is best, says Natalie Perera

Making early years policy work

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 20, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Our new regular columnist argues that the removal of some policies and introduction of others has led to fragmentation in the Government's early years strategy.

Big words, little action

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 11, 2017
    • | Nursery World
As 2017 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on how education policy has changed over the past year.

Downward trend

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 19, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Natalie Perera weighs up the evidence from the Education Policy Institute's latest research into the early years workforce

Inequality persists

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 12, 2018
    • | Nursery World
A recent OECD report confirms that the UK needs to better support disadvantaged children in order to improve their prospects

School of thought

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 18, 2019
    • | Nursery World
The Government’s well-received strategy on school teacher recruitment shows what could be achieved if it made the same effort with early years

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