results or a response to a key early years Government consultation
because it was not deemed to be 'in the public interest', Nursery World
has learned.
In response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the union Unison on the reasons why the findings of the consultation on early education and staff deployment would not be published, the DfE said it had decided not to publish them because to do so 'is likely to have a corrosive effect on the conduct of good Government.'
Last month, Nursery World revealed that the DfE had confirmed that it would not go ahead with Professor Cathy Nutbrown's recommendations to move towards a minimum Level 3 qualification for all early years practitioners counted in staff:child ratios.
The consultation had asked for views on these proposals, as well as controversial Government plans to change staff:child ratios, which were subsequently abandoned by the Government last year.
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