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Editor’s view - For the future

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 3, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Whatever the uncertainties of the future for nurseries heralded by rising costs, static funding and the implementation of the 30 hours programme, the central task of early years settings – preparing young children for their future – remains.

Wrestling with quality

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
What do policy makers mean when they talk about quality in the early years? Michael Pettavel examines the evidence

Low-earners’ bad deal

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Natalie Perera looks at the detail behind the Government's much-quoted £6 billion childcare spending figure

A Physical blow

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Relegating the Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines to a footnote in the revised EYFS is a dereliction of duty, says Dr Lala Manners

Mind the drop!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 14, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for action to stop the decline in childminder numbers

A question of status

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 6, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Dr Eunice Lumsden gives her views on the recent London School of Economics research, which found that graduates have little impact on children's outcomes

Making early years policy work

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Our new regular columnist argues that the removal of some policies and introduction of others has led to fragmentation in the Government's early years strategy.

Editor’s view - Extra stress

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
The Government has previously said in documents about the 30 hours and the early years national funding formula that providers can charge parents for ‘additional services’.

Equality for children with SEND is lacking

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 20, 2017
  • | Nursery World
For young children with special educational needs and disabilities, there is a distinct Victorian feel to early years policy, says Michael Pettavel, in his first regular column

It's not 'free', it's funded!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 14, 2017
  • | Nursery World
The Government needs to come clean to parents that 30 hours funding will force providers to charge for 'extra' services, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of Pre-school Learning Alliance

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