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Exclusive: The Minister's View - Let's raise the bar

    Opinion
  • Friday, March 16, 2012
  • | Nursery World
There have been plenty of eye-catching reports relating to childcare over the last decade. Not all create the headlines they deserve, but every so often you get one that jumps up and down demanding attention.

Time for action on men in childcare

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 25, 2016
  • | Nursery World
With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the Government to set recruitment targets to address the gender imbalance once and for all, says David Wright.

The Minister's View - Making a difference

    Opinion
  • Friday, June 22, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Ensuring that early education and childcare professionals have the right skills is vitally important. That is why I commissioned a comprehensive review of qualifications last year.

Are we nearly there yet?

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 3, 2018
  • | Nursery World
Nancy Stewart and Janet Moyles give a perspective from 40 years of TACTYC: Association for Professional Development in Early Years

You get what you pay for

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 21, 2019
  • | Nursery World
It matters that the average early years practitioner is paid the same as a hairdresser and that nearly half rely on state benefits

Editor’s view - At the summit

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 14, 2016
  • | Nursery World
We were delighted to welcome early years minister Caroline Dinenage to the Nursery World Business Summit last week to give her first major address to the sector since taking up her role in July this year.

Editor's view - a bold and ambitious report

    Opinion
  • Friday, June 22, 2012
  • | Nursery World
There will doubtless be long and heated discussions over Professor Cathy Nutbrown's recommendations put forward in her final report, Foundations for Quality: the independent review of early education and childcare qualifications, before the Government makes its response.

'Don't close the door to new recruits'

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 26, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Raising the qualifications bar risks locking out some school leavers and young people, warns CACHE chief executive Richard Dorrance, in his response to the Nutbrown review.

To the point - What matters most

    Opinion
  • Friday, September 20, 2013
  • | Nursery World
If new practitioners are trained in a new qualification that doesn't even mention play, will they be the informed professionals that children deserve?

Editor's view - Simple as A-C?

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 10, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Should you need at least a grade C in English and maths GCSE to be able to start the new Early Years Educator level 3 qualification from September?

Structure and process

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 20, 2018
  • | Nursery World
Two reports reveal that degrees for early years staff are not sufficient on their own, and that Reception class sizes are too big

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