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A world-class system

Monday, March 9, 2015

| Nursery World

We all know how important a child's first years are, but increasingly research is showing the full impact of those early experiences on our education and later lives.

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?

'School readiness' is only part of transition

Opinion

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Dr Karen Wickett, lecturer in early childhood studies at Plymouth Institute of Education, says that children's need to adjust to school should not be forgotten

Yes, Minister, we need more intergenerational care for young and old

Opinion

Friday, October 26, 2018

| Nursery World

The health minister's support for intergenerational care is a welcome boost for this growing movement, says Stephen Burke of United for All Ages

Ofsted warning underlines the pressures facing vulnerable children and families right now

Opinion

Thursday, November 12, 2020

| Nursery World

The damage done by Covid-19 and lockdown on families is only just starting to be felt, warns Tom McBride of the Early Intervention Foundation

Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

Opinion

Thursday, March 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Having spent the majority of my career in the education sector, the current public debate on gender inequality in the UK has prompted me to engage in some professional soul-searching, says childminder Laura House

Early years is more important than ever

Opinion

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The early years sector will play a key role in the post-Covid recovery, says Jennifer Tomlinson, professor of gender and employment relations, University of Leeds

Coronavirus: How do we navigate the next few months without financial support?

Opinion

Friday, December 17, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery head Marley Westell tells Nursery World how Covid is impacting upon her setting and ability to operate.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Shaping more affordable childcare

Opinion

Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Elizabeth Truss explains more about the government's plans for More Affordable Childcare

Janet King: Additional childcare funding is welcome, but there's still long-term workforce challenges to solve

Opinion

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Despite early years taking centre stage at the Spring Budget, there’s still persistent recruitment and retention issues that must be addressed, explains Janet King, sector manager for Education and Childcare at training provider NCFE.

Beatrice Merrick: Early Education's Centenary provides long view of sector's achievements and challenges

Opinion

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

| Nursery World

As Early Education marks 100 years as an organisation that was born with nursery schools, chief executive Beatrice Merrick outlines why the priority is still to campaign for high quality provision and provide 'mutual support' for all those in the sector.

Brett Wigdortz: Landlords should be encouraged to accommodate childminders, but so should local authorities

Opinion

Monday, September 4, 2023

| Nursery World

An inability to obtain landlord permission is one of the most common reasons trainee childminders leave our registration process, says the chief executive of Tiney childminding agency.

We need a little mutual respect

Opinion

Thursday, April 10, 2014

| Nursery World

I remember Sir Michael Wilshaw was furious when the Government dared to criticise his department. Lack of respect for your work degrades your self esteem, leading to poor outcomes, I feel his pain.

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

No direction for nursery schools in White Paper

Opinion

Monday, May 2, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government's academy plans have left nursery schools in limbo, says Kathryn James

The unintended consequences of the new EYFS on children with SEND

Opinion

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Settings are turning away children with SEND because providing the paperwork to access funding has become too burdensome, says Catherine McLeod of charity Dingley's Promise

Don't let the cost of childcare come down at the price of quality

Opinion

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| Nursery World

As the Government consults on Tax-Free Childcare, quality reform seems to have taken a backseat, says Imogen Parker

Time for action on men in childcare

Opinion

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the Government to set recruitment targets to address the gender imbalance once and for all, says David Wright.

'Work with us on 30 hours'

Opinion

Monday, February 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Sam Gyimah, minister for education and childcare, argues that the early years sector needs to get behind the 30 hours free childcare policy

Free places research: why EPPSE takes a different view

Opinion

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Professor Kathy Sylva, one of the authors of the EPPSE study, explains why new research into early education places and children's outcomes contradicts their findings.

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Opinion

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could be the last straw to the survival of the early years sector, already weakened by years of under-funding? June O' Sullivan, CEO of nursery group LEYF, on coronavirus challenges

'We're ready to welcome children back from June'

Opinion

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

| Nursery World

It's not an easy decision, says Sarah Mackenzie, Education Director of N Family Club, but she believes it's time to open nurseries to more children

Should we really be telling our children they are 'behind' and need to 'catch up'?

Opinion

Monday, March 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Children develop at their own pace - they are not on a factory production line - says Louise Livingston of the Maria Montessori Institute

'Early years is an afterthought in Test and Trace guidance'

Opinion

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

| Nursery World

The latest guidance from the DfE on test and trace and self-isolation has left nurseries in utter confusion and anxiety, says nursery group owner David Wright

Help childminders rise to the 30 hours challenge

Opinion

Friday, September 1, 2017

| Nursery World

PACEY's chief executive Liz Bayram says childminders need more support, recognition and funding to successfully deliver the extended entitlement.

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A world-class system

Our multilingual future

'School readiness' is only part of transition

Yes, Minister, we need more intergenerational care for young and old

Ofsted warning underlines the pressures facing vulnerable children and families right now

Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

Early years is more important than ever

Coronavirus: How do we navigate the next few months without financial support?

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Shaping more affordable childcare

Janet King: Additional childcare funding is welcome, but there's still long-term workforce challenges to solve

Beatrice Merrick: Early Education's Centenary provides long view of sector's achievements and challenges

Brett Wigdortz: Landlords should be encouraged to accommodate childminders, but so should local authorities

We need a little mutual respect

Childminder agencies: shaking up the status quo

No direction for nursery schools in White Paper

The unintended consequences of the new EYFS on children with SEND

Don't let the cost of childcare come down at the price of quality

Time for action on men in childcare

'Work with us on 30 hours'

Free places research: why EPPSE takes a different view

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

'We're ready to welcome children back from June'

Should we really be telling our children they are 'behind' and need to 'catch up'?

'Early years is an afterthought in Test and Trace guidance'

Help childminders rise to the 30 hours challenge

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