It was a pleasure to visit Busy Bees Childcare Nursery in Colchester today to meet Marg, Karen, the Colchester team and children.
It was brilliant to see their passion for early years education in such a lovely setting and to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
Early years education and childcare policy are under my ministerial responsibilities at the Department for Education, and it was incredibly advantageous to hear feedback from the largest childcare provider in the country. I have fed their feedback and proposals into my DfE ministerial team and have agreed to organise a future meeting to discuss these further. Visits like these are helpful in informing my ideas and decisions on improving such an important part of government policy.