Nursery World - Editor’s view

With the election over and the Department for Education team in place, we’ve seen several major reports emerge boldly into the public domain.

It’s good to see the latest Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) report into outcomes up to the age of three, which shows firm evidence of improved cognitive and socio-emotional development in children in early years provision between two and three (see News, pages 6-7).

This is very positive for both group providers and childminders, and could be useful when lobbying for more funding for the 30 hours.

Speaking of which, the other significant release was the evaluation of the pilots of the 30 hours ‘free’ childcare (see News, pages 4-5). The report is detailed and balanced, with plenty of caveats about the limitations of the pilots in showing what will happen after the full implementation in September.

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