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Editor’s view - Invested interests

Monday, February 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Times are obviously feeling tough for many private and voluntary providers, as the latest About Early Years data report from Ceeda shows (pages 34-35).

Editor’s view - New experiences

Opinion

Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

The new draft curriculum for Wales looks to be moving in an encouraging direction, but it will ask a lot of the workforce

Editor’s view - The Long and the Short of It

Opinion

Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

The revised EYFS guidance has unhelpful changes, as well as welcome ones, and many settings will need further advice

Editor’s view - Bubble Benefits

Opinion

Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

At the start of 2021, it’s good to reflect on some of the positives of new ways of working that Ofsted found in its Covid-19 briefings

Editor’s view - In the Red

Opinion

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

The latest draft of the revised EYFS doesn’t allow comments on the goals and programmes, but highlights some significant elements

Editor's view - Looking back and forwards as 2013 ends

Opinion

Monday, December 16, 2013

| Nursery World

It's hard to believe that this is the final issue of Nursery World for 2013.

Editor's view - Playing their cards right in the reshuffle?

Opinion

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

When Government and opposition reshuffles come along, it's very hard to predict what will happen and impossible to know the machinations and trade-offs that go on behind the scenes.

Opinion: Editor's view - social networking

Opinion

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

| Nursery World

New technology is throwing an unexpected challenge at nursery staff.

Editor's view - Welcome to our variety show

Opinion

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Football, Ofsted, self-regulation, loose parts and China!

Editor's view - Heading for a fall

Opinion

Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Why are children's centre inspection grades dropping and what effect could that have?

Editor's view - Paying for it

Opinion

Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The facility to be able to pay for re-inspection of early years settings was lobbied for by substantial parts of the sector, and Ofsted duly agreed to move forward on this.

Editor’s view - Take a journey around the early years world

Opinion

Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

The Pikler approach to working with under-threes in care settings and homes was originated in Hungary by Dr Emmi Pikler in the middle of the last century.

Editor’s view - Something to get your teeth into

Opinion

Monday, January 9, 2017

| Nursery World

While the early years sector awaits the arrival of Government goodies such as the Workforce Strategy, Tax-free Childcare and the full implementation of the 30 free hours for three- and four-year-olds, Nursery World will be providing plenty to inform and guide practice along the way.

Editor's View - Twos are centre stage on the early years scene

Opinion

Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Two is definitely the magic number in the early years sector at the moment, referring of course to two-year-olds - the free places for the 40 per cent most disadvantaged, the Progress Check and all the challenges of funding, provision and practice.

Editor’s view - Reporting back

Opinion

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

With the election over and the Department for Education team in place, we’ve seen several major reports emerge boldly into the public domain.

Editor’s view - On the road

Opinion

Monday, December 12, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has drawn up a road map for 30 hours delivery, which it is sharing at sector events.

Not working!

Opinion

Monday, March 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Recruitment and retention of early years practitioners has become the single biggest challenge for early years settings, and the biggest threat to survival.