Nursery World - Foundation Years: Government wants new 'covenant' with early years providers

Ministers are proposing a new way of working, building on the 'co-production' process, to draw up a 'covenant' between the early years sector, the DfE and local authorities.

Commenting on the 'covenant', Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association, said, 'We are pleased to see that the Government has recognised that a diverse early years sector is crucial to the vision it has set out. Part of the Government's aim is to create an entrepreneurial, sustainable and diverse sector, and we hope that open channels of communication will help address some of the existing barriers to doing this.'

Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, said, 'We endorse the increased focus on integrated working as a result of greater partnership between health and early years services.'

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