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I am pleased that Carole Moore (Letters, 5 October) works in such an effective nursery school, but the early years sector is changing rapidly and the maintained sector needs to be more broadminded in its attitudes to the provision. I am a nursery nurse of many years experience and am working towards a degree in Early Childhood Policy and Practice, so I am well aware of research such as the EPPE project. There is an enormous amount of excellent provision in the private sector. With all the Government changes in the past few years, many settings are working at a highly professional level.

I am a nursery nurse of many years experience and am working towards a degree in Early Childhood Policy and Practice, so I am well aware of research such as the EPPE project. There is an enormous amount of excellent provision in the private sector. With all the Government changes in the past few years, many settings are working at a highly professional level.

Very soon we will also have an increase in specialised graduate staff with Early Years Professional status.

Parents vote with their feet and hardly any of those from my private nursery choose to take their children to the local nursery school, partly because of the flexibility we offer and partly because they are happy with the progress that their children are making.

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