An official view of the future of the maintained nursery school but no indication here that their numbers are dropping. Catherine Ashton's speech - Forum for Maintained Nursery Schools

Devolution is throwing up some interesting instances of different thinking on education in the nations of the UK. Here are the proposals for a play based early years curriculum in Wales. foundation-consultation-e.pdf

Further evidence of the rising cost of child care. Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Suffer little children

A news story on the Welsh approach to early years education. BBC NEWS | Wales | Radical change in child education