Goodbye Vicky Ford, hello Will Quince. I get the feeling that not too many people in the early years sector will be lamenting the departure of the former as children’s minister (see who’s who on page 6). She will forever be associated with the bleak era of lockdowns and the Government’s lack of clarity on furlough, funding, test and trace and more.
Just at the beginning of September, she succeeded in offending sector sensibilities. When challenged in the Commons about the dip in Ofsted-registered childcarers, she dismissed concerns as ‘largely driven by childminders and carers’. Understandably this casual disrespect for a vital part of the workforce went down like the proverbial lead balloon.
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