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A fairer deal is needed

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 28, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Earlier this year, Birmingham City Council announced that from April 2015 childcare providers in the city would only be funded to deliver the free entitlement if they paid the Living Wage of £7.65 an hour. The uproar in the sector was well reported by Nursery World and is easy to understand.

Editor's view - Who's holding the baby?

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 28, 2014
  • | Nursery World
It may be that by the time you read this, the Department for Education's page on gov.uk will have been updated with full details of the ministers' briefs and exactly where responsibility for childcare and early years lies.

Prevention really is better than cure

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Early intervention is vital for improving the health of children and young people, and practitioners have opportunities to make a real difference, say Dr Claire Lemer and Leonora Weil.

As long as you've got your health

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Once a year, Nursery World devotes an issue to a particular subject of topical interest - the revised Early Years Foundation Stage, two-year-olds, and for 2014 health and well-being.

Expanding provision in Scotland

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 30, 2014
  • | Nursery World
The Scottish Government has a bold ambition for children and their families - that Scotland should be the best place to grow up. Those working in the early years sector are playing a key role in the work to make that ambition a reality.

How we've lost our way

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 16, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Last week, the Resolution Foundation hosted an event in partnership with the Family and Childcare Trust reflecting on what we have all learned in the decade since the 2004 childcare strategy about the best way forward.

Childminders can find a way to EYTS

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 2, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Early years initial teacher training requires experience of Key Stage 1, but this should not stop childminders from taking Early Years Teacher courses.

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