The Guardian view on early years education: England’s toddlers need attention | Editorial

A wave of closures should be ringing alarm bells in government. Nurseries are a piece of social infrastructure that we cannot do withoutNew figures showing a net loss of more than 315 early years providers in England in February and March arrive hard on the heels of a survey that found just one in four maintained (state-funded) nurseries will be able to remain open with current levels of funding. To many parents, and early years workers, the crisis in the sector is no surprise. Nurseries were su