Nursery World - Sarah Ronan: Our key priorities for the next government

The director of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition, which has just published a manifesto,
says they believe it's possible to build a world-class early education system that supports children, parents and the economy to thrive.

Early education and childcare policy is like a Rubik’s Cube. As soon as you think you’ve solved it, you realise that another side of this complex puzzle is out of alignment; with so many stakeholders in the system it’s difficult to give everyone what they want.

And just like a Rubik’s Cube, getting policy right in this space takes patience and commitment. Those are qualities that members of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition have shown in abundance over the last two years, and today it has resulted in the publication of Rescue and Reform, our manifesto for the next government.

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