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Scouting skills for life

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 26, 2018
    • | Nursery World
The Scouts are piloting a scheme for the early years that will see four- and five-year-olds reap the benefits of the movement, says Matt Hyde

Feeling overwhelmed

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 12, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Too many statutory requirements mean we are busy demonstrating compliance rather than getting on with our real job

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 18, 2018
    • | Nursery World
As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings

The parent trap

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 5, 2018
    • | Nursery World
We need a shift in the mindset of employers in the UK, so that flexible working is seen as the norm, not the exception, argues Sarah Jackson

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

Being professional

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 18, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Michael Pettavel looks for insights into what it really means to be a 'professional'

Fear of inspection

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 17, 2017
    • | Nursery World
The inspection system should deliver support not anxiety, argues Michael Pettavel

Speaking with one voice

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 12, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Let's use our collective strength to talk to government about early years sector concerns, says Cheryl Hadland, founder of Tops Day Nurseries

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

A final farewell to our pre-school

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 23, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Following the recent closure of Kirkgate Pre-School in Cumbria, former staff member Emmie Short remembers what made the setting so special, and explains why it was forced to shut down

'Work with us on 30 hours'

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 22, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Sam Gyimah, minister for education and childcare, argues that the early years sector needs to get behind the 30 hours free childcare policy

Time for action on men in childcare

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 25, 2016
    • | Nursery World
With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the Government to set recruitment targets to address the gender imbalance once and for all, says David Wright.

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