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Early years graduates need salaries that reflect their qualifications

Opinion

Friday, January 18, 2019

| Nursery World

A new study highlights the challenges facing early years settings and how the Government can intervene.

Why we are introducing childminder agencies

Opinion

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The agencies being introduced by the Children and Families Bill will support great childminders and encourage more to enter the profession, says Education Minister Elizabeth Truss

Look to our past, not Europe

Opinion

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

We should remember past mistakes in early years policy when trying to move forward or our youngest children will be in inappropriate environments, say Karen Wickett and Dr Verity Campbell Barr, lecturers in Early Childhood Studies at Plymouth University

Don't blame early years providers for children arriving at school in nappies

Opinion

Friday, June 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Are more four-year-olds really starting Reception without being toilet trained, asks Alison Featherbe, and where does the fault lie?

'As long as we're reading stories, chidren will be chanting "again", "again!"'

Opinion

Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Many parents and carers realise that children love to hear the same stories read again and again. What new research in this area uncovering, however, is why this is repetition is beneficial for learning.

Dropping Ofsted grades would improve provision

Opinion

Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

There are rumours of a potentially major change to the way Ofsted rates England’s childcare providers and I, for one, couldn’t be happier about it.

Emma Fraser: Teachers of the deaf should be involved in all two-year-old checks for deaf children

Opinion

Friday, February 17, 2023

| Nursery World

Emma Fraser, teacher of the deaf, says the Government should use the SEND review to make the involvement of teachers of the deaf mandatory in all two-year-old checks for deaf children.

Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

Opinion

Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

The director of the Out-of-School Alliance (OOSA) has welcomed the additional Government investment in wrap-around care, announced within the Budget, with 'caution'.

Editor's view: Quality comes at a cost

Opinion

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

With settings forced to increase fees that parents can't afford, many are facing closure, and the big chains are consolidating

Steve Brine MP: 'Government must properly fund early education to ensure the best outcomes for children'

Opinion

Monday, January 23, 2023

| Nursery World

The chair of the APPG for Childhood & Early Education on the importance of funding the early years properly - the focus of the group's Childcare & Early Education Week (23-27 Jan).

Megan Stephens: How the legacy of Victorian philanthropy lives on in the campaign for free school meals

Opinion

Friday, January 6, 2023

| Nursery World

We may be forgiven for thinking we’re living in the midst of a novel by Charles Dickens, says Megan Stephens, who highlights an unlikely link between a Victorian champion of education, one of the world’s most famous scientists, and an English star of the Qatar World Cup.

Penny Tassoni: 'Deregulation has a voice and is finding favour...'

Opinion

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Properly investing in children’s development and future is expensive, but proposed reforms to the sector are all about saving cash, says Penny Tassoni

Helen Moylett: Obey or be cancelled, what’s happened to healthy debate?

Opinion

Thursday, October 5, 2023

| Nursery World

In light of claims that the DfE is monitoring the social media activity of some early years experts, early years consultant Helen Moylett has urged people not to be silenced as 'healthy debate forms part of good policy information'.

The Big Debate: For or against plans to change child benefit?

Opinion

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Is the Chancellor’s proposal to move to using household income as a measure for Child Benefit a good idea? We asked two experts in the sector to share their views

June O' Sullivan: Why we developed a new toolkit to support prisoners’ children

Opinion

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

LEYF has created a guide for early years settings – Supporting Children with a Parent in Prison – so it can better help affected families

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Early years graduates need salaries that reflect their qualifications

Why we are introducing childminder agencies

Look to our past, not Europe

Don't blame early years providers for children arriving at school in nappies

'As long as we're reading stories, chidren will be chanting "again", "again!"'

Dropping Ofsted grades would improve provision

Emma Fraser: Teachers of the deaf should be involved in all two-year-old checks for deaf children

Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

Editor's view: Quality comes at a cost

Steve Brine MP: 'Government must properly fund early education to ensure the best outcomes for children'

Megan Stephens: How the legacy of Victorian philanthropy lives on in the campaign for free school meals

Penny Tassoni: 'Deregulation has a voice and is finding favour...'

Helen Moylett: Obey or be cancelled, what’s happened to healthy debate?

The Big Debate: For or against plans to change child benefit?

June O' Sullivan: Why we developed a new toolkit to support prisoners’ children

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