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Why Elizabeth Truss has got it wrong on ratios

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 9, 2013
  • | Nursery World
Julie Lightley, owner of The Village Nursery in Trafford Park, explains why she feels Elizabeth Truss is insulting the sector by advocating that ratios can be reduced by employing highly qualified staff

The dangers of ditching vouchers

    Opinion
  • Thursday, March 20, 2014
  • | Nursery World
The way in which the Government has chosen to deliver the Tax-Free Childcare scheme could have implications for providers and parents, warns Fiona Shields.

A final farewell to our pre-school

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 23, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Following the recent closure of Kirkgate Pre-School in Cumbria, former staff member Emmie Short remembers what made the setting so special, and explains why it was forced to shut down

'Our sector is falling into deeper crisis'

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 7, 2022
  • | Nursery World
There are lots of things currently keeping nursery director Caroline El-Semman up at night. An ever-diminishing pool of potential recruits, spiralling operational costs and a government that doesn’t seem to care or understand. Will it be too late when the Government finally wakes up to the problems?

Funding - the hard facts

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 24, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Pre-school Learning Alliance Chief Executive Neil Leitch says the Government must look at the evidence when revising free hours funding

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