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Not too much to ask for

    Opinion
  • Friday, July 15, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Neil Leitch says the delay in the early years funding consultation makes it impossible for the sector to prepare for the 30-hour offer

To the point - Serve the common good

    Opinion
  • Friday, March 2, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Politicians of all parties sign up to the goal of social mobility. John Major wanted a classless society. Tony Blair aspired to a meritocracy. Today Nick Clegg declares that increasing social mobility is the overriding ambition of the UK Coalition Government.

To the Point - Where is the vision?

    Opinion
  • Friday, April 13, 2012
  • | Nursery World
In his recent budget, George Osborne announced that Child Benefit will be removed gradually for those earning between 50,000 and 60,000 a year. This removes the sharp edges and shifts the pain slightly higher up the income distribution. However, it has required the introduction of a complex means test on a previously simple benefit and the loss of nearly a third of the savings it was supposed to generate - nearly 700 million less in 2013/14.

To the point: Let's get on with it

    Opinion
  • Friday, April 13, 2012
  • | Nursery World
The revised EYFS has now been pored over and has met with both approval and alarm. Of course, people have their own basic outlook towards any sort of change - some of us look forward to the stimulation of something new, while others resist change and typically look for the negatives in a new situation. Seeing these tendencies in action with the revised EYFS has led me to reflect on professionalism in the early years, and our responsibility to live the qualities we aspire to protect and promote in children.

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