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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

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.

Is financialisation putting childcare provision in England at risk?

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 27, 2022
    • | Nursery World
Antonia Simon, associate professor at UCL Social Research Institute, warns that the nursery sector is at risk of following in the footsteps of adult social care with a 'spectacular collapse' due to the high levels of debt at many large private childcare operators which are buying nurseries.

A competent system?

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 6, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Mathias Urban argues that caring for nursery age children is a public good and a public responsibility, and that early childhood education is about how we as a society imagine our future.

The parent trap

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 5, 2018
    • | Nursery World
We need a shift in the mindset of employers in the UK, so that flexible working is seen as the norm, not the exception, argues Sarah Jackson

Ship without a rudder

    Opinion
  • Friday, June 22, 2018
    • | Nursery World
The Government is ignoring the plight of the populace, which urgently needs a strategy to help it, says Michael Pettavel

One size doesn’t fit all

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 20, 2018
    • | Nursery World
The Government is making empty policy claims when it should let those in the early years decide how much, and where, money is spent, says Michael Pettavel

Top down, back to front

    Opinion
  • 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

A model for failure?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 6, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Childminder agencies are being rushed in despite fundamental flaws, argues Neil Leitch

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.

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.

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