The All Party Parliamentary Group on Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes in Primary Schools has just been launched, with Pen Green acting as secretariat.
The Early Intervention Foundation's interim head of evidence, and visiting professor at the London School of Economics Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion.
Keeping an eye on everything that is going on in the early years sector at the moment feels a little like juggling too many balls. It would be very easy to drop at least one!
Key issues for early years policy and the future provision of free childcare - with latest thinking on funding, staffing and Ofsted’s new inspection arrangements.