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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.

Turning on the light

Opinion

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Camila Batmanghelidjh calls for a revolution in caring for vulnerable children.

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.

Looking ahead to the new framework

Opinion

Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Ofsted director of early years Nick Hudson explains the implications of the common inspection framework, which launches in September

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.