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Editor’s view - The policy gap

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 11, 2017
  • | Nursery World
In these weeks running up to Christmas, the problems of inequality, disadvantage and lack of social mobility in our country come into ever-sharper focus, as both our regular columnists highlight.

Big words, little action

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 11, 2017
  • | Nursery World
As 2017 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on how education policy has changed over the past year.

Fiddle around the edges

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 11, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Too many people are fiddling with early years policy, says Michael Pettavel, when the real problem is money

The dangerous schoolification agenda

    Opinion
  • Thursday, December 7, 2017
  • | Nursery World
The Ofsted report Bold Beginnings reveals an ignorance of how children learn and marks another step towards the schoolification of Reception Year (YR), says early years consultant Tamsin Grimmer

Making the most of Reception

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 30, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Ofsted's Gill Jones explains why she considers Reception to be the most important year of a child's school life

PACEY celebrates its 40th anniversary

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 27, 2017
  • | Nursery World
40 years after a group of childminders first got together to set up an organisation to support registered childminding, current chief executive Liz Bayram reflects

Editor’s view - The cupboard was bare

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 27, 2017
  • | Nursery World
The Budget has come and gone. To no-one’s great surprise, despite several heartfelt and well-argued open letters from sector representatives about early years funding, the Chancellor had nothing to say or offer on this front.

Splitting headache!

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 13, 2017
  • | Nursery World
One MP's recent comments recall the age-old debate about the 'care' and 'education' of young children, says Michael Pettavel

Editor’s view - Good relations

    Opinion
  • Friday, November 10, 2017
  • | Nursery World
It is perhaps a measure of how far the early years sector’s relationship with Ofsted has improved that after chief inspector Amanda Spielman’s speech at our Business Summit last week, there was no forest of hands wanting to complain about inadequate inspections and inspectors.

30 hours action - can we agree?

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 6, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Neil Leitch calls on the early years sector to find common ground and work together in lobbying for change to the 30 hours policy

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