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Making a better offer

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 24, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Tracy Brabin, the newly appointed shadow early years minister and MP for Batley and Spen, says it's clear change is needed in the sector

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

Our multilingual future

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 12, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Is Brexit a threat, a challenge or an opportunity for the future of those nurseries fostering bilingual or plurilingual education in England?

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.

Find the childcare promises

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 9, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Ahead of the general election, Liz Bayram of PACEY calls on the political parties to commit to providing high-quality childcare.

Speaking with one voice

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 12, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Let's use our collective strength to talk to government about early years sector concerns, says Cheryl Hadland, founder of Tops Day Nurseries

Childcare policy 20 years on

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 10, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Caroline Flint, who set up the first cross-party group for childcare, and was one of 101 Labour women MPs elected 20 years ago next month, reflects on the dramatic changes to early years policy since 1997.

Low-earners’ bad deal

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Natalie Perera looks at the detail behind the Government's much-quoted £6 billion childcare spending figure

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.

It's not 'free', it's funded!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 14, 2017
  • | Nursery World
The Government needs to come clean to parents that 30 hours funding will force providers to charge for 'extra' services, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of Pre-school Learning Alliance

A final farewell to our pre-school

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 23, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Following the recent closure of Kirkgate Pre-School in Cumbria, former staff member Emmie Short remembers what made the setting so special, and explains why it was forced to shut down

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