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Actually, it does matter 

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 8, 2020
  • | Nursery World
With the spotlight on protests around the world against racism, educators and the early years sector can be a force for change and make a lasting difference to how children view race, argues Laura Henry-Allain

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

A decade of decline

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 16, 2020
  • | Nursery World
Ten years after the Marmot Review on health inequality and the Government is still ignoring evidence that investing early is best, says Natalie Perera

New year’s resolutions

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 20, 2020
  • | Nursery World
The early years sector needs to keep on fighting for proper funding and children’s rights in the face of entrenched indifference, says Michael Pettavel

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

It’s how you spend it

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 9, 2019
  • | Nursery World
Yet more evidence shows that investment in education is best started in the early years and maintained throughout childhood

Mixed priorities

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 9, 2019
  • | Nursery World
Our political parties need to put children, families and ‘life-long learning’ back at the centre of childcare policy

Mining the manifesto figures

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, December 4, 2019
  • | Nursery World
We have been digging into the detail of manifesto pledges and were surprised to find that the party promising the least in terms of early years entitlements, costs the sector the most.

Editor's view - Numbers game

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 14, 2019
  • | Nursery World
It might be time to look again at the thorny subject of staff:child ratios, but the essential arguments haven't changed substantially

Time to look and listen, Minister

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 16, 2019
  • | Nursery World
Wendy Scott OBE, President of TACTYC, calls on the minister now in charge of early years, Nick Gibb, to pay attention to to the evidence on effective practice

Minister for change?

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 19, 2019
  • | Nursery World
If the new children and families minister is interested in closing the disadvantage gap, she needs to overhaul the whole system

Where’s the evidence?

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 22, 2019
  • | Nursery World
The Department for Education’s recently announced pledge to improve social mobility offers some hope but is largely flawed

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