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Making a meal of it

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 5, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Should infant free school meals be free for all? In reality they are an 'expensive gimmick' that subsidises middle-class parents, argues Lewis Brown.

Working partnerships

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
    • | Nursery World
To do the best for the children in our care, it is crucial to develop strong partnerships with their parents or carers.

Editor's view - Tablets of stone?

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Debate about the role of ICT in the early years is surely some of the most polarised around, as our head-to-head between Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith and Dr Richard House shows (see pages 14-16).

Be the change

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
    • | Nursery World
On Friday 11 September, I was reminded of events 14 years ago when two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York.

Editor's view - More equal than others

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 7, 2015
    • | Nursery World
England may be a small nation, but it has large amounts of inequality, as new research from the National Children's Bureau released today (7 September) shows.

Taking their time

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 24, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Children need to be allowed to 'stand and stare', says Cathy Nutbrown

A united voice

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 24, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The early years sector has proved great at standing up and standing together, says Sue Cowley

Funding - the hard facts

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 24, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Pre-school Learning Alliance Chief Executive Neil Leitch says the Government must look at the evidence when revising free hours funding

Functional skills tests are a joke!

    Opinion
  • Friday, August 21, 2015
    • | Nursery World
As students receive their GCSE results, Ross Midgley, managing director of PBD Early Years Training, argues that functional skills testing is not rigorous enough to ensure good standards.

Editor's view - Exclusion zones

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 10, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Two stories that Nursery World has run recently online provoked a huge reaction on social media, and both raise similar questions about the way we work with young children.

To The Point - Fighting for a better future

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 10, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Over the past few months it has felt as though childcare issues have dominated the political age- nda. As welcome as this has been, the reality is that childcare has always dominated the lives of almost every working parent in this country.

Making space for play

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 27, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Professor Cathy Nutbrown shows why, in the words of Comenius and Confucius, 'it is better to play than do nothing'.

Are schools really best for twos?

    Opinion
  • Friday, July 17, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The publication of this year’s Ofsted early years annual report should have been cause for celebration for the private, voluntary and independent sector, says Neil Leitch

Play is back! Long live play!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2015
    • | Nursery World
While there was a lot to celebrate in Ofsted's annual early years report, Sir Michael Wilshaw's drive for more of the poorest twos in schools is more of a challenge, says Penny Tassoni

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