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Editor's view - Keeping a high Profile

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 19, 2015
    • | Nursery World
It is interesting to see that the arrival of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results has been greeted with rather more enthusiasm of late, now that the Baseline has begun for children at the start of Reception.

Making a meal of it

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 5, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Should infant free school meals be free for all? In reality they are an 'expensive gimmick' that subsidises middle-class parents, argues Lewis Brown.

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

Funding - the hard facts

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 24, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Pre-school Learning Alliance Chief Executive Neil Leitch says the Government must look at the evidence when revising free hours funding

To The Point - Fighting for a better future

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 10, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Over the past few months it has felt as though childcare issues have dominated the political age- nda. As welcome as this has been, the reality is that childcare has always dominated the lives of almost every working parent in this country.

Play is back! Long live play!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2015
    • | Nursery World
While there was a lot to celebrate in Ofsted's annual early years report, Sir Michael Wilshaw's drive for more of the poorest twos in schools is more of a challenge, says Penny Tassoni

Ready to talk about the challenges ahead

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 15, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The Government is taking a number of steps to improve childcare, and will be looking to discuss the future of the sector with practitioners, says childcare and education minister Sam Gyimah.

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.

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.

Editor's view - Wales the brave

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 1, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The Welsh Government deserves plaudits for its bravery in implementing the play-based Foundation Phase for threeto seven-year-olds - radical indeed compared to the way that things are progressing in England.

Editor's view - The day after

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 18, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The first few days after an election feel a bit like waking up with a hangover after a raucous party - exhausted, with a headache, and counting the casualties.

To the Point - Ways out of poverty

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 4, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The election manifestos of the main parties all include ideas for reducing poverty - the next step is a comprehensive strategy, says Julia Unwin.

'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.

Double trouble?

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 20, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Well, the Conservative party pledge to increase funded early education for threeand four-year-olds from 15 to 30 hours a week came out of the blue (Tory blue, of course!) and had many seeing red.

A competent system?

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 6, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Mathias Urban argues that caring for nursery age children is a public good and a public responsibility, and that early childhood education is about how we as a society imagine our future.

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 world-class system

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 9, 2015
    • | Nursery World
We all know how important a child's first years are, but increasingly research is showing the full impact of those early experiences on our education and later lives.

In loco parentis

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 23, 2015
    • | Nursery World
When I was young, it was the accepted norm that children were parented at home, and educated at school.

Re-examine the baseline

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 26, 2015
    • | Nursery World
How, why and when we should assess young children's learning is once more a matter for debate in English policy.

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