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'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?

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

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

Editor’s view - Rise and fall

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 26, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Our investigations into the effects of the national funding formula and 30 hours on nursery provision are deeply concerning

Feeling overwhelmed

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 12, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Too many statutory requirements mean we are busy demonstrating compliance rather than getting on with our real job

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 18, 2018
    • | Nursery World
As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings

The parent trap

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 5, 2018
    • | Nursery World
We need a shift in the mindset of employers in the UK, so that flexible working is seen as the norm, not the exception, argues Sarah Jackson

30 hours action - can we agree?

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 6, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Neil Leitch calls on the early years sector to find common ground and work together in lobbying for change to the 30 hours policy

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

It's not 'free', it's funded!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 14, 2017
    • | Nursery World
The Government needs to come clean to parents that 30 hours funding will force providers to charge for 'extra' services, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of Pre-school Learning Alliance

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

'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

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.

Editor's view - Seasonal stress

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 14, 2015
    • | Nursery World
In Kate Tyler’s Social Media column in this issue, she tells us all not to let Twitter ruin Christmas and to take a break from social media.

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