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Editor’s view - The best laid plans…

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 2, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Raising the status of the early years workforce is something that Nursery World has campaigned for over many decades, and increasing the employment of graduates is obviously a positive move.

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

Editor’s View - Back to the Baseline

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 18, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The many organisations and individuals who have campaigned for the past year against the introduction of the Baseline to assess children from the start of Reception will no doubt feel some satisfaction and relief at the Government’s U-turn – Professor Cathy Nutbrown among them, as she explains in her column.

Baseline Did Not Pass!

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 18, 2016
  • | Nursery World
While campaigners celebrate the Government's U-turn, the early years sector must stay vigilant, says Cathy Nutbrown

Working Partnerships

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 18, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Childminder numbers are dwindling, just when the DfE needs them most, says Sue Cowley

Risky business

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 21, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Learning is a tricky process, because in order to make progress, we must be willing to take risks, says Sue Cowley.

Beautiful things…

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 21, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Spring blooms hold their own special fascination for young children, writes Cathy Nutbrown.

Editor’s view - Academies, academies, everywhere

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 21, 2016
  • | Nursery World
For years, we have been creeping towards academisation of the state school system until – boom – Chancellor George Osborne used his Budget to announce that all schools would be made to become academies.

Editor's view - Here we go again

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 7, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Just as the Department for Education had finished swatting down all the criticism of its 30-hour policy arising from the National Day Nurseries Association and Family and Childcare Trust reports, yet more pops up – this time from inside government with the National Audit Office report. It’s a bit like the old arcade game Whack-a-Mole!

‘Things Fall Apart’

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 7, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Frontline mental health and childcare services for vulnerable mothers and babies are increasingly under threat, says Professor Andrew Cooper

Pancake fun

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 22, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Mama Bear’s Pre-School Unit in Downend had great fun on Shrove Tuesday, with children learning how to make pancakes and then designing their own creations on paper plates.

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