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The National Children's Bureau (NCB) has begun a wide-ranging and much-needed debate on the future of children's centres, including a survey about their purpose and value.

To the Point - Telling it how it is

Opinion

Monday, December 2, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's Commissioner Maggie Atkinson says that we must listen to what children and young people think and feel

To The Point: Just a numbers game?

Opinion

Monday, November 18, 2013

| Nursery World

I am increasingly concerned that the tail is wagging the dog when it comes to meeting the needs of our youngest children in education

To the point: Trapped in mini-jobs

Opinion

Monday, November 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Will Universal credit deliver on its central claim – to make work pay not just in the first hour but for every subsequent hour?

Editor's view - Just when we thought that ratio relaxation moves had gone away

Opinion

Monday, November 4, 2013

| Nursery World

I think that the early years sector has been preserving a quiet sense of satisfaction that, amid all the policy moves that could threaten quality services for young children, the proposed ratio changes for babies and two-year-olds had been fought off.

'Can't' rather than 'can do'?

Opinion

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Early Learning Consultancy's Helen Moylett and Nancy Stewart argue why children have been set up to fail by the new Early Learning Goals

Let's start at the beginning

Opinion

Monday, October 21, 2013

| Nursery World

Ignoring the importance of the early years creates a vicious circle where children are always the losers, says trainer Ann Vincent

Editor's view - Playing their cards right in the reshuffle?

Opinion

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

When Government and opposition reshuffles come along, it's very hard to predict what will happen and impossible to know the machinations and trade-offs that go on behind the scenes.

To the point - Much in evidence

Opinion

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Policy makers need to engage more deeply with what research is telling us about young children's development

A magazine is not a broken iPad!

Opinion

Friday, October 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's radio campaigner Susan Stranks warns that the BBC could exclude some children with its focus on new technology

Exclusive: Ask the Minister

Opinion

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss answers Nursery World readers' questions about More Great Childcare and More Affordable Childcare

Why young children are too young to fail

Opinion

Thursday, October 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Wendy Ellyat says the Government response to 'Too Much Too Young' is inadequate and issues an invitation to join the campaign

Childminder agencies: shaking up the status quo

Opinion

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Yvette Oliver-Mighten of @Home Childcare makes the case for childminder agencies

To the point - Getting mums on side

Opinion

Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Last week marked the beginning of party conference season. All the parties know that they have to speak to and for women to stand a chance of winning in 2015. This means that childcare will increasingly feature as we head towards the election.

Editor's view - A conversation should be a two-way process

Opinion

Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The Ofsted Big Conversation meetings held across the country on the weekend of 13-14 September were a triumph of organisation, commitment, passion and positivity.

To the point - What matters most

Opinion

Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

If new practitioners are trained in a new qualification that doesn't even mention play, will they be the informed professionals that children deserve?

Thank you, dear ministers, for politically uniting our sector

Opinion

Monday, September 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Richard House traces the roots of the new 'Too Much Too Soon' campaign

More of the same

Opinion

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| Nursery World

Reinventing childcare policy will not mean more affordable childcare, says Dr Verity Campbell-Barr

The minister's view: Agencies will be no barrier

Opinion

Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss says childminding agencies are a positive move

Editor's view - Nick Clegg tries to talk two-year-olds

Opinion

Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

You may have noticed that last week there were lots of stories in the national press and on TV news about Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's 'announcement' about free places for two-year-olds.

Early Childhood Education and Care: commodity or pedagogy?

Opinion

Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Young children need policy-making that transforms early years education and care, argue Pat Tomlinson and Chelle Davison

To the point: Make your voice count

Opinion

Friday, August 23, 2013

| Nursery World

As the Government rolls on with its plans to set education back by 30 years, consultation follows consultation.

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To the point - Unify not school-ify

Children's centres: Where next?

Editor's view: the future for children's centres

To the Point - Telling it how it is

To The Point: Just a numbers game?

To the point: Trapped in mini-jobs

Editor's view - Just when we thought that ratio relaxation moves had gone away

'Can't' rather than 'can do'?

Let's start at the beginning

Editor's view - Playing their cards right in the reshuffle?

To the point - Much in evidence

A magazine is not a broken iPad!

Exclusive: Ask the Minister

Why young children are too young to fail

Childminder agencies: shaking up the status quo

To the point - Getting mums on side

Editor's view - A conversation should be a two-way process

To the point - What matters most

Thank you, dear ministers, for politically uniting our sector

More of the same

The minister's view: Agencies will be no barrier

Editor's view - Nick Clegg tries to talk two-year-olds

Early Childhood Education and Care: commodity or pedagogy?

To the point: Make your voice count

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