07 Jun 2015 Debates
Nicky Morgan, Education Minister
YES
The Government is pushing for more school nurseries to take toddlers. It is encouraging schools to do this by removing red tape so they don’t have to register with Ofsted to take two-year-olds.
It also wants school nurseries...
Neil Leitch, chief executive of Pre-School Learning AllianceNO
Critics opposed to the plan claim the Government is just trying to provide childcare on the cheap.
They also argue it is leading to a ‘schoolification’ of the early years, and the money that is being spent on a pilot scheme........