What is our future?

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

A pretty dismal and confusing picture for the future of private daycare has been painted in Nursery World. An article in the 23 September issue quoted Peter Moss, professor of early childhood provision at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, saying that by 2015, 'private nurseries would have become uncommon' in the UKdue to the full establishment of children's centres, and few schools would offer nursery classes. However, another piece in the Nursery Business supplement (30 September) quotes Rosemary Murphy, National Day Nurseries Association chief executive, saying, 'Most schools in this country are going to be forced to have childcare on their sites'. Consequently she advises that nurseries close to schools should consider trying to relocate to school sites in order to stand a better chance of survival.