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Why this Government is in a mess on childcare

Opinion

Monday, November 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Lucy Powell, Labour’s shadow education secretary, promises strong action on childcare policy

Kicking it out

Opinion

Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Jane Lane asks what lessons should be learned from the recent incidents of racism from football supporters

Exclusive: Minibeasts and the Big Bad Wolf

Opinion

Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

As Ofsted publishes its second Early Years Annual Report, Nick Hudson looks at how early years settings need to balance teaching and play in a child’s early years

Do graduates and ratings really make no difference?

Opinion

Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Following a study claiming that graduate staff and Ofsted Outstandings have little impact on children’s outcomes, a group of early years academics take issue with its methods

Childcare policy 20 years on

Opinion

Monday, April 10, 2017

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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.

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

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Opinion

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Those who lived through the bleak days of the Woodhead/Blunkett Education regime of the late 1990s scarcely imagined that early-years policy-making could be any more Dark-Aged, but in this respect the current Wilshaw/Gove regime is breaking all previous records.

Government must acknowledge 'vital role' of play therapy in Covid recovery

Opinion

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

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One of the key issues as we try to learn lessons from the pandemic is how to best support the mental health and wellbeing of children, says Dr Lisa Cameron

Children with SEND in the early years: will they fall through the cracks?

Opinion

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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What do the the Government's recent funding announcements mean for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Catherine McLeod, chief executive of Dingley's Promise, looks at what this could mean for early years children with SEND

The greatest threat to nurseries is Government underfunding, not 'risky, financial operating models'

Opinion

Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Responding to a UCL report that suggests the nursery sector is at risk of collapse due to private nursery groups' high levels of debt, Courteney Donaldson of Christie & Co says 'chronic' Government underfunding is often the reason for financial losses and setting closures.

Free places research: lessons to be learned

Opinion

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| Nursery World

An independent review of childcare funding is needed to make sure the free offer works well, says Jill Rutter of the Family and Childcare Trust

A world of difference in India

Opinion

Monday, October 23, 2017

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Nursery World's Ruth Thomson reports from our trip to see early years education in India, from nurseries to Diwali celebrations

Childcare isn’t working

Opinion

Monday, January 7, 2019

| Nursery World

We need an affordable and much simpler childcare support system, backed by employers, that helps all parents and carers into work

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

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'.

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Why this Government is in a mess on childcare

Kicking it out

Exclusive: Minibeasts and the Big Bad Wolf

Do graduates and ratings really make no difference?

Childcare policy 20 years on

Speaking with one voice

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Government must acknowledge 'vital role' of play therapy in Covid recovery

Children with SEND in the early years: will they fall through the cracks?

The greatest threat to nurseries is Government underfunding, not 'risky, financial operating models'

Free places research: lessons to be learned

A world of difference in India

Childcare isn’t working

Why we are introducing childminder agencies

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

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