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A final farewell to our pre-school

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 23, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Following the recent closure of Kirkgate Pre-School in Cumbria, former staff member Emmie Short remembers what made the setting so special, and explains why it was forced to shut down

Readiness for what?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 26, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Replacing Baseline assessment with a 'school-readiness' check would not be a simple matter, warns Karen Wickett

New year’s resolutions

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 20, 2020
    • | Nursery World
The early years sector needs to keep on fighting for proper funding and children’s rights in the face of entrenched indifference, says Michael Pettavel

To the point - What matters most

    Opinion
  • Friday, September 20, 2013
    • | Nursery World
If new practitioners are trained in a new qualification that doesn't even mention play, will they be the informed professionals that children deserve?

Where’s the evidence?

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 22, 2019
    • | Nursery World
The Department for Education’s recently announced pledge to improve social mobility offers some hope but is largely flawed

Editor's view - Numbers game

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 14, 2019
    • | Nursery World
It might be time to look again at the thorny subject of staff:child ratios, but the essential arguments haven't changed substantially

Mixed priorities

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 9, 2019
    • | Nursery World
Our political parties need to put children, families and ‘life-long learning’ back at the centre of childcare policy

Centre closures ignored

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 16, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Natalie Perera says that the state of children's centres reinforces the case for a clear strategy for integrated early childhood services

We need more - not less!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 27, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Nancy Stewart's To the Point article - ' A hostage to paperwork?' 12 - 25 November) made interesting reading. I have been an Ofsted registered childminder for 19 years and I have been graded outstanding twice. While this does not make me an expert in all things EYFS I do feel that I speak for a lot of childminders who are a little alarmed that such a well respected early years writer is advocating we discard our written evidence of a child's learning and development progression and keep it all in our heads.

Understanding how early years investment pays off

    Opinion
  • Thursday, October 6, 2022
    • | Nursery World
When it comes to the question of whether we can afford to invest in early childhood health and wellbeing, surely we should be asking whether we can afford not to? In the light of the latest children’s minister appointment, and the wider challenges that children and families are facing, Wendy Ellyatt makes a powerful case for prioritising more investment, right now.

To the point - No easy way to quality

    Opinion
  • Friday, September 28, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Quality in childcare matters. High-quality provision imp- roves child development, school readiness and longer-term outcomes for children, from earning potential to life expectancy. Low-quality childcare can minimise the benefits, or even result in long-lasting negative effects, on development.

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