Nursery World - Call for sector day of action on Truss reforms

The early years sector is being encouraged to unite on International Children's Day (1 June) to make its voice heard in protest over the Government's planned reforms for nurseries and childminders.

June O'Sullivan, chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), is calling on the sector to take over the early years debate on 1 June in reaction to the minister for education and childcare Elizabeth Truss's 'ill-informed and contradictory facts', which she says beg the sector to tell its story.

Writing on her blog, LEYF's chief executive says, 'Our minister has done us a favour, although she may not have realised it. She has thrown down the gauntlet by challenging the sector, so now we need to take control of our own destiny.'

She adds, 'I suggest we make 1 June, Children's Day, our day to Take Over the Early Years Debate. We need to start working together across the UK to make our voices heard: to explain what we do, what quality means and why early years is not a political football but a serious matter - one led by serious people with a serious message.'

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