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Beatrice Merrick: Early Education's Centenary provides long view of sector's achievements and challenges

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Cheryl Hadland, managing director of Tops Day Nurseries
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Cheryl Hadland – 'It should not be Ofsted against the nursery providers, we should be working together'

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Editor's view: Assessing the assessor

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Professor Helen Penn: 'Ofsted carries on regardless with its programme of almost pointless inspections'
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Professor Helen Penn: ‘Radical reform’ of Ofsted and the childcare market is needed

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Chris Reid: 'Paper has no place in the office'

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Michael Pettavel: 'It is easy to be outraged, angry and continually disappointed'
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Michael Pettavel: How to live in turbulent times

Michael Pettavel
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Sarah Brown: 'It's time for Government to wake up to the evidence that investing in early years is the best decision '

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Cary Rankin: ‘Computer says no’ – rebuilding the trust and co-operation between regulatory bodies and early years providers

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Karen Faux
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Editor's view: Budget makes no pretence that it cares about quality

Editor’s View
Sarah Mackenzie
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Sarah Mackenzie: 'A plan for gender equity'

Policy & Politics
Claire Coutinho: 'I am always struck by the positivity and commitment of staff members'
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Exclusive – Children's minister Claire Coutinho: 'A genuinely radical plan'

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Janet King: Additional childcare funding is welcome, but there's still long-term workforce challenges to solve

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Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

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Christine Farquharson, IFS
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Christine Farquharson, IFS: Childcare reforms create a new branch of the welfare state – but raises the stakes on funding

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Maggie Bolger: 'There are a number of viable solutions that will have far greater impact than a quick fix, headline grabbing £500 sign-on bonus'
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Maggie Bolger: 'Why a £500 sign-on bonus for childcare workers won't work'

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Sally Goddard Blythe: 'The assessment of children’s physical skills at key stages in development and the introduction of regular sensory-movement programmes into schools is a practical way of helping all children to learn'
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Sally Goddard Blythe: 'Why introducing screening and movement programmes in school would help child development'

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