In his address Martin Bradley will tell more than 900 delegates that there is ‘a reluctance, almost a timidity’ in Government to deal with the ongoing issues of under-funding for the free entitlement for two, three and four year olds.
The Montessori Schools Association is hosting its largest-ever conference at the Institute of Education in London on Saturday.
‘Funding remains the most political area of early years and one of the most intractable,’ he will say.
Mr Bradley met the education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss in November and last week attended with two other organisations a seminar led by the on funding and other issues.
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