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Opinion | Early Years

1 March

Help mothers to avoid baby care orders

Lisa Harker Social Care
Derren Hayes: 'Moving to a ‘report card’ system should remove the stigma that came with being branded inadequate'
25 September 2024

We need to rethink how we measure inspection success

Derren Hayes Editorial
Derren Hayes: “The government is right that the change will align standards in England with those in Scotland. But this overlooks significant differences between the systems”
27 March 2023

There's no evidence for childcare ratios change

Derren Hayes Early Years
Leitch: 'Early years professionals help lay the foundations that shape a child’s future'. Picture: Early Years Alliance
26 July 2022

Neil Leitch: Early years professionals are educators

Neil Leitch Early Years
Denise Hatton, chief executive, YMCA England & Wales
21 June 2022

Ratios change not the solution to crisis in childcare

Denise Hatton Early Years
A national campaign can raise awareness of fostering. Picture: Scott Griessel/Adobe Stock
26 October 2021

Letters to the Editor: Tackling foster carer shortage

Early Years
Derren Hayes: “Experts believe the pandemic’s economic hit will push child poverty above five million by 2023 which could reverse the hard-won gains on the attainment gap”
29 June 2021

Invest in early years to level-up attainment

Derren Hayes Editorial
Denise Hatton: "Government must support this strained sector by increasing the local authority funding rate to reflect the cost of delivery"
28 June 2021

Invest in childcare to tackle poverty gap

Denise Hatton Early Years
Merle Davies is outgoing director of the Centre for Early Child Development
25 May 2021

Message on first 1,001 days still not heard

Merle Davies Early Years
Josh MacAlister is Children’s Social Care Review chair. Picture: Frontline
1 March 2021

Letters to the Editor: Questions over review independence

Social Care
Merle Davies is director at the Centre for Early Child Development
23 February 2021

Give babies the best start despite pandemic

Merle Davies Early Years
Balancing settings’ multiple needs is a complex task. Picture: Rawpixel.com/Adobe Stock
1 January 2021

Letters to the Editor: Webinar for childcare providers

Letters
27 May 2020

Opinion - Trauma understanding key to recovery

Merle Daviesis Early Years
29 July 2019

The importance of dads in the early years

Merle Davies Early Years
29 April 2019

Parks and open spaces build communities

Merle Davies Early Years
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