This is particularly striking with Early Years Professional Status, which Cathy Nutbrown had recommended should be replaced with an early years specialist teaching qualification - one of the recommendations that most divided the sector.
Certainly, those who had worked so hard to achieve EYPS, along with training providers and unions, were aghast at the thought that it might disappear, with thousands of EYPs forced to retrain. Morale would plummet, came the warning.
However, it is looking as though EYPs will not see their worst fears realised. In her interview with Nursery World, education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss said that EYPS was a positive move that she wanted to build on.
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