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To the point - Thinking must join up

    Opinion
  • Friday, November 23, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Men's aspirations to be involved in family life are on the up. There is a new wave of dads emerging who want to wheel buggies, change nappies and join mum and child on the first walk to nursery. They are ready to reap the pleasures, and pains, of hands-on parenthood.

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.

Taking the trouble

    Opinion
  • Friday, October 17, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The Troubled Families programme needs to work with early years practitioners and organisations, says Maureen Longley of Interface Enterprises

What's at stake?

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 20, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Party conference season is over again for another year and those of us who have to go to all three breathe a long sigh of relief. But it is worth pausing to consider what is at stake at the election when it comes to public spending.

An unequal entitlement

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 4, 2019
    • | Nursery World
The 30 hours policy is widening the gap between children with SEND and their peers, argue Ivana La Valle and Eva Lloyd

'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.

Editor’s view - Rise and fall

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 26, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Our investigations into the effects of the national funding formula and 30 hours on nursery provision are deeply concerning

Editor’s view - Hitting out

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 30, 2017
    • | Nursery World
The debate over the rights and wrongs of smacking children has raged on for decades, yet very little progress has been made in stopping this unacceptable practice.

Why Elizabeth Truss has got it wrong on ratios

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 9, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Julie Lightley, owner of The Village Nursery in Trafford Park, explains why she feels Elizabeth Truss is insulting the sector by advocating that ratios can be reduced by employing highly qualified staff

Time to level all the way up

    Opinion
  • Thursday, October 28, 2021
    • | Nursery World
The Chancellor had some tough decisions to make in his Spending Review, but I am not convinced he placed every child at the heart of it by providing the real cost of investment.

The dangers of ditching vouchers

    Opinion
  • Thursday, March 20, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The way in which the Government has chosen to deliver the Tax-Free Childcare scheme could have implications for providers and parents, warns Fiona Shields.

To the point: What mothers vote for

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 13, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Daycare Trust is the childcare voice for parents and children, and this election we are calling on all politicians to make it the top priority in the next parliament by signing up to our Childcare Charter.

Editor’s view - Dampening expectations

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 28, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Much like the weather at the moment, the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement was damp and disappointing for those involved in education, childcare and the welfare of families and young children.

To the point: All agreed on quality?

    Opinion
  • Friday, August 3, 2012
    • | Nursery World
In the run-up to the school holidays, childcare policy was given prominence by the Government and the opposition. Labour's Childcare Commission held its first listening exercise as Government launched a consultation on its own commission. This consensus of concern underscores the importance of childcare and acknowledges that the current settlement isn't working.

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