Nursery World - Early years views sought for review

The biggest independent review of primary education in England for 40 years is aiming to encourage debate among parents, children and the public as well as professionals and policymakers. Professor Robin Alexander of the University of Cambridge will lead a team of 60 research consultants based at Cambridge University's Faculty of Education but drawn from universities throughout the UK. There will also be an advisory committee of 20 members from inside and outside the education field, chaired by Dame Gillian Pugh, who was formerly director of the Early Childhood Unit at the National Children's Bureau and chief executive of the Coram Family.

Professor Robin Alexander of the University of Cambridge will lead a team of 60 research consultants based at Cambridge University's Faculty of Education but drawn from universities throughout the UK. There will also be an advisory committee of 20 members from inside and outside the education field, chaired by Dame Gillian Pugh, who was formerly director of the Early Childhood Unit at the National Children's Bureau and chief executive of the Coram Family.

The two-year review, launched last week, is politically and financially independent. It is funded by a 85,000 grant from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.

The last investigation into English primary education was the Plowden enquiry in 1967.

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