In this issue of Nursery Management, we gauge opinion on whether the rates will be set high enough to ensure PVI settings continue to be viable and achieve much sought-after parity with the maintained sector (page 4).
Meanwhile, managers are under increasing pressure to bring their staff up to level 3 and think in terms of graduate leadership. But not all are convinced. In our feature on page 20, we find out how some settings are achieving the right skills mix by their own methods.
Determination has certainly been key to implementing the EYFS effectively and, one year on, nursery managers feel it is already delivering benefits (page 10). With the first review of the framework due in 2010, providers have plenty of ideas on how it can be further improved.
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