To inform and support discussions at our EYP National Committee meeting last week (reported here) we produced a document including all the relevant excerpts from the main party manifestos (in alphabetical order: Conservatives, Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP).
For all of us for whom the future of early years, early years workers, and the education, care and nurturing of our youngest children is a key priority … please take a look:
>> Early Years Policy Commitments
Sadly, none of the parties mention EYPs. However, as our earlier article explained, we have written to each of the main parties to clarify their position on this crucial component of the early years world.
You may also be interested in a more general round-up of policies relating to education that can be found on SchoolDuggery’s blog. A helpful and succinct summary!
Similarly, there’s also a summary on the Guardian website.
Commentary on the policies of each of the parties can also be found in these two Nursery World articles:
So what do you think? Who has your vote? How important are these matters to you in determining how you will vote? The politicians seem to have been very quiet on these matters: let’s get the debate going as loudly as possible so they have to take part and listen our views.
