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To The Point: Just a numbers game?

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 18, 2013
    • | Nursery World
I am increasingly concerned that the tail is wagging the dog when it comes to meeting the needs of our youngest children in education

A model for failure?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 6, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Childminder agencies are being rushed in despite fundamental flaws, argues Neil Leitch

All in all ... the pupil premium

    Opinion
  • Friday, July 26, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole is a senior research fellow in disability studies and psychology, at the Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Still work to be done

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, June 3, 2015
    • | Nursery World
While the funding review is great news, Neil Leitch warns the sector to stay focussed.

A fairer deal is needed

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 28, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Earlier this year, Birmingham City Council announced that from April 2015 childcare providers in the city would only be funded to deliver the free entitlement if they paid the Living Wage of £7.65 an hour. The uproar in the sector was well reported by Nursery World and is easy to understand.

Mind the drop!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 14, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for action to stop the decline in childminder numbers

Making early years policy work

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 20, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Our new regular columnist argues that the removal of some policies and introduction of others has led to fragmentation in the Government's early years strategy.

Make a meal of it

    Opinion
  • Friday, October 12, 2012
    • | Nursery World
I have been asked by the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) to be an ambassador for its National Schools Meals Week (NSMW). This is the biggest national healthy eating awareness week about school meals in Britain. This year it takes place on 5-9 November and encourages everyone to 'get involved' in preparing healthy school dinners.

To The Point - How can we let go?

    Opinion
  • Friday, October 26, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The recent terrible events in Machynlleth force those of us who call for a more balanced approach to risk in childhood to take stock.

Editor's View - Twos are centre stage on the early years scene

    Opinion
  • Friday, November 9, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Two is definitely the magic number in the early years sector at the moment, referring of course to two-year-olds - the free places for the 40 per cent most disadvantaged, the Progress Check and all the challenges of funding, provision and practice.

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