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To the point - Change is inevitable

    Opinion
  • Friday, December 7, 2012
  • | Nursery World
This is my last column for Nursery World and I have enjoyed writing it. The commentator's vantage point has allowed me to observe some important trends in public policy debate on matters that concern Nursery World readers.

Unpromising reshuffle

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 22, 2018
  • | Nursery World
The appointment of new Education Secretary Damian Hinds signals a potential shift to more traditional Conservative policies development, says Natalie Perera.

Low-earners’ bad deal

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Natalie Perera looks at the detail behind the Government's much-quoted £6 billion childcare spending figure

Provider goodwill is running out

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 19, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Linda Symons, owner of Kidz Kabin, London, says the 30-hour policy is untenable, and parents should know the truth about the cost

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.

Progress, or problem?

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 15, 2015
  • | Nursery World
On the face of it, the Government's policy of increasing 'free' childcare to 30 hours a week seems like a jolly good idea.

'This little piggy...'

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 20, 2015
  • | Nursery World
With the election just weeks away, Professor Cathy Nutbrown urges politicians to see childcare as an essential service for the common good.

Valuing the journey

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 23, 2015
  • | Nursery World
In an essay published in 1893, educational reformer and philosopher John Dewey said we should 'cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life'.

A united voice

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 24, 2015
  • | Nursery World
The early years sector has proved great at standing up and standing together, says Sue Cowley

Editor's View - Report raises hackles

    Opinion
  • Friday, October 12, 2012
  • | Nursery World
The Government and several of the think tanks that sympathise with its policies are making a lot of noise about the cost of childcare and about how it must be made more affordable to parents.

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