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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

We sometimes need to take a step back, away from the politics, negativity and fear, in order to appreciate what matters most

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Opinion

Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Making ‘positive attachments’ to adults and ‘forming friendships with peers’ should not be part of the Early Learning Goals for children, says early years expert Anne O'Connor

Government keeps nurseries open in lockdown 3 purely for profit

Opinion

Friday, January 8, 2021

| Nursery World

In keeping early years settings open, the Government is putting profits above people, argues Dr Kate Hoskins

A model for failure?

Opinion

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies are being rushed in despite fundamental flaws, argues Neil Leitch

Anne Longfield: Why the Government's commitment to Family Hubs is 'not enough'

Opinion

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The chair of the Young Lives Commission and former Children's Commissioner for England, says the Government's ambition for Family Hubs is 'nowhere near the scale of what families need', nor is it enough to replace 'hundreds of closed Sure Start centres'.

Tammy Campbell: We need to ensure the extended entitlement doesn't worsen inequalities and disadvangtage

Opinion

Friday, September 1, 2023

| Nursery World

The director for early years at the Education Policy Institute says that the focus of early education has now shifted from children, to concentrate instead on promoting parental employment, which is problematic.

Still work to be done

Opinion

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| Nursery World

While the funding review is great news, Neil Leitch warns the sector to stay focussed.

Does France really lead the way?

Opinion

Monday, May 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Neil Leitch finds elements of practice to question on a visit to French nurseries

A far-reaching vision for the workforce in Wales

Opinion

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Huw Lewis, minister for education and skills, Wales, explains the Welsh Government's plans for the early years

'Liz Truss' arguments against protecting maintained nursery schools are confused'

Opinion

Thursday, June 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years organisations are urging the education and childcare minister to think again about her decision not to protect funding for nursery schools.

We need a system that is clear and inclusive

Opinion

Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

New shadow children and families minister Alison McGovern sets out Labour's policy priorities

Turning on the light

Opinion

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Camila Batmanghelidjh calls for a revolution in caring for vulnerable children.

Welfare reform will add to pressure on families

Opinion

Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Precious little seems certain in post-Brexit-vote Britain. But, depressingly, the facts about poverty are pretty clear, says Alison Garnham

Mind the drop!

Opinion

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| Nursery World

Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for action to stop the decline in childminder numbers

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.

30 hours for whom?

Opinion

Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Michael Pettavel, whose nursery school is in one of the areas piloting the 30 hours, wonders who the funded hours are really for

The dangerous schoolification agenda

Opinion

Thursday, December 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The Ofsted report Bold Beginnings reveals an ignorance of how children learn and marks another step towards the schoolification of Reception Year (YR), says early years consultant Tamsin Grimmer

Apprentice anguish

Opinion

Friday, March 2, 2018

| Nursery World

With the number of young people starting apprenticeships down by 40 per cent, it's a challenging time for employers, says Mark Dawe

Our nursery schools are on the brink

Opinion

Friday, May 24, 2019

| Nursery World

Europe sees our nursery schools as the best, but underfunding means that they are in danger, says Jack Dromey, MP for Birmingham Erdington.

Take an upfront approach to childcare costs

Opinion

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

| Nursery World

There is an obvious solution to help parents struggling with childcare costs under Universal Credit, argues Kevin Watkins of Save the Children UK.

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Top down, back to front

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Government keeps nurseries open in lockdown 3 purely for profit

A model for failure?

Anne Longfield: Why the Government's commitment to Family Hubs is 'not enough'

Tammy Campbell: We need to ensure the extended entitlement doesn't worsen inequalities and disadvangtage

Still work to be done

Does France really lead the way?

A far-reaching vision for the workforce in Wales

'Liz Truss' arguments against protecting maintained nursery schools are confused'

We need a system that is clear and inclusive

Turning on the light

Welfare reform will add to pressure on families

Mind the drop!

Making early years policy work

30 hours for whom?

The dangerous schoolification agenda

Apprentice anguish

Our nursery schools are on the brink

Take an upfront approach to childcare costs

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