Live or work in #Croydon? Looking for high-quality childcare and early education? Head on down to #CrosfieldNurserySchool’s FREE open day!

General Election called. Read our statement here.👇 #VoteEducation

📢NEW REPORT: Our annual Pulse Check explores voter attitudes towards early education & childcare. The public wants to see early years prioritised, places AND funding boosted, and policies that support parents to balance work & parenting Read it here👉 earlyeducationchildcare.org/pulse-check

Research out today from Early Education and Childcare Coalition shows voters want EY prioritised as much as primary school Whichever party forms the next government, early education and childcare must be a key part of their policy priorities

There are too many children locked out of early education and childcare because of closures in their area, because they have SEND or because their parents don't meet the criteria for government support. The next government must address this. #RescueAndReform NEW VIDEO 🎥👇

We welcome Labour's pledge to increase nursery places to meet demand and improve standards. However, the current offer must go further and be extended to poorer families, and parents in education and training, so that all children can access high quality early years education⬇️

Find your nursery school at schoolcuts.org.uk

The plight of maintained nursery schools has been missing from this election campaign. Nurseries across England are at risk of closure due to lack of funding. Attend the national demo, on Saturday, June 29 in Parliament Square, London. #SaveMNS #GE2024 #VoteEducation

With less than a day until the #GeneralElection, children have been ignored in main campaigning. This is “not a country for children” warns Dr Carol Homden CEO of our member organisation Coram Coram Family and Childcare. The next government must change this👇 standard.co.uk/news/education…

Support @MNSmatter by signing their petition here 👉bit.ly/MNS-Petition You can also send a letter to the new secretary of state for education, MPs, and councillors in Wandsworth. You can do so by clicking here 👉bit.ly/MNS-Letter-Sen… #SaveMNS #ValueEducation

Ahead of the key decision about our Maintained #Nursery #Schools at #Cabinet on Monday, #parents and members of the #community have written to #Croydon’s Mayor @jasonforcroydon. Please #sign alongside us with a #LIKE #REPOST #SHARE!

Pertinent questions from Scrutiny… Is the current model at Crosfield and Selhurst unsustainable? If they are predicted to be in surplus by the end of the year 24/25 due to well thought out and costed plans, why is that not sufficient? #DoingNothingIsNotAnOption

ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH requires a strong foundation. The plan developed by Croydon’s federated #nursery #schools provides a solid foundation upon which they can build on exceptional current early #education and #care they provide. #DoingNothingIsNotAnOption

On the #council’s recommendation for a ‘soft federation’: “This model alone is not necessarily an answer for all of the problems with the deficit.” Why then, is this model being imposed, if the federated #nursery #schools have a viable plan independent of this model?

“The work that has been done to make sure that no #nursery will close, and no nursery will be forced into a hard federation is really really welcome.” #DoingNothingIsNotAnOption

We celebrate NO NURSERY CLOSURES 🤩 What we need now, is an assurance that the unique provision offered by our maintained nursery schools will be protected, by allowing Crosfield and Selhurst realise their plan independent of a forced soft federation. #DoingNothingIsNotAnOption

Campaigning parents believe cuts to staff at Balham Nursery mean it will not be safe when children return in September. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan on BSky: DrRosena.BSky.Social Kate Stock - will you help to stop these damaging cuts? WandsworthNEU #SaveMNS mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

Today is National #EYTeacherDay! Thank you to all those brilliant and dedicated early years educators in settings of all shapes and sizes across the country. You are changing lives and giving children the best start in life👏.