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Don't let the cost of childcare come down at the price of quality

Opinion

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| Nursery World

As the Government consults on Tax-Free Childcare, quality reform seems to have taken a backseat, says Imogen Parker

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Shaping more affordable childcare

Opinion

Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Elizabeth Truss explains more about the government's plans for More Affordable Childcare

More Affordable Childcare - a wake-up call for nursery businesses?

Opinion

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| Nursery World

More Affordable Childcare signals the Government's intention to deregulate the market, which will have huge implications for providers, says Gordon Beck

A model for failure?

Opinion

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies are being rushed in despite fundamental flaws, argues Neil Leitch

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Opinion

Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Years Teacher standards have a vital role in shaping the nature of the work that early years teachers will undertake and the training towards meeting those standards.

Will failed Montessori school take the advice it badly needs?

Opinion

Monday, July 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International's Barbara Isaacs explains why she is so frustrated by the failure of the first state-funded primary to adopt a whole-school Montessori approach

We are under assault

Opinion

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted's Michael Wilshaw has betrayed a fundamental ignorance of both early years and the noxious side effects of a testing culture, argues Dr Richard House

The Minister's View - Best start for all two-year-olds

Opinion

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss gives the Government's view of the importance of the two-year-olds programme

To the point - 'Man deserts' are mirage

Opinion

Friday, June 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Don't demonise single parent families, says Gingerbread's Fiona Weir

'Just relax the ratios, turn on the tap and the children will come'

Opinion

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Perhaps Liz Truss could persuade the Treasury to adopt a novel form of quantitative easing, argues Ross Midgley - just print more children.

Does France really lead the way?

Opinion

Monday, May 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Neil Leitch finds elements of practice to question on a visit to French nurseries

The importance of empathy

Opinion

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Like nursing, early years is a profession that demands compassion, says Dr Geoff Taggart

Where's the evidence on unruly toddlers, Minister?

News

Monday, April 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The on-going controversy over Government early years policy hit the national headlines once again last week, when the Daily Mail published an interview with education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss in which she launched a scathing attack on the childcare sector

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Opinion

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Those who lived through the bleak days of the Woodhead/Blunkett Education regime of the late 1990s scarcely imagined that early-years policy-making could be any more Dark-Aged, but in this respect the current Wilshaw/Gove regime is breaking all previous records.

Government plans risk creating 'low quality, no frills childcare'

News

Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Childcare will be one of the key issues at the next election. With working parents feeling their incomes squeezed, many mums and dads are rightly asking why the Government isn't helping them to be better off back in work.

Do we really need Teach First for the early years?

Opinion

Friday, April 12, 2013

| Nursery World

John Wadsworth, Senior Lecturer in Education (Early Childhood) at Goldsmiths takes issue with the Government's latest proposal

Exclusive: Teach First will benefit under fives

Opinion

Thursday, April 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Elizabeth Truss, Education and Childcare Minister, explains why she believes Teach First can raise the quality of early education

'We cannot just borrow childcare policies from other countries'

Opinion

Monday, April 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Research shows that high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) improves children's life chances.

Editor's View - Policies that put the child's needs first

Opinion

Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Perhaps the most difficult subject of all for all of us involved in the early years sector is that of whether the youngest children should be in daycare at all.

Tax-free childcare - unfair all round

Opinion

Thursday, March 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group

Viewpoint: New Level 3 questions

Opinion

Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Will the new Early Years Educator qualifications be the modern equivalent of the NNEB?, asks Early Education

Too few staff can lead to premature independence

Other

Thursday, March 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Dr Louise Emanuel explains why she believes that proposals to reduce ratios of staff to children could harm children's development

Looking for answers about 'More Great Childcare'

Opinion

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| Nursery World

Leading experts from Early Education have some urgent questions about the Government's proposals for reform.

'The link between the reforms and the roll-out of two-year-old places is not straightforward'

Opinion

Thursday, March 7, 2013

| Nursery World

What will be the impact of changes to ratios on Government plans to increase nursery places for disadvantaged two-year-olds? Ivonne Wollny of the Children and Young People Group at NatCen Social Research considers the evidence.

Exclusive: Why I believe we need to raise qualifications

Opinion

Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

At Ofsted, we recognise that early years really do count. We see on a daily basis the positive impact made by expert staff delivering high quality early years provision, especially to our most disadvantaged children.

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Don't let the cost of childcare come down at the price of quality

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Shaping more affordable childcare

More Affordable Childcare - a wake-up call for nursery businesses?

A model for failure?

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Will failed Montessori school take the advice it badly needs?

We are under assault

The Minister's View - Best start for all two-year-olds

To the point - 'Man deserts' are mirage

'Just relax the ratios, turn on the tap and the children will come'

Does France really lead the way?

The importance of empathy

Where's the evidence on unruly toddlers, Minister?

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Government plans risk creating 'low quality, no frills childcare'

Do we really need Teach First for the early years?

Exclusive: Teach First will benefit under fives

'We cannot just borrow childcare policies from other countries'

Editor's View - Policies that put the child's needs first

Tax-free childcare - unfair all round

Viewpoint: New Level 3 questions

Too few staff can lead to premature independence

Looking for answers about 'More Great Childcare'

'The link between the reforms and the roll-out of two-year-old places is not straightforward'

Exclusive: Why I believe we need to raise qualifications

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