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Purnima Tanuku CBE to leave NDNA following over 20 years’ leading the organisation

National Day Nurseries Association’s (NDNA) Executive Chair, Purnima Tanuku CBE, is due to step down from her role at the end of March.

 

Following more than 20 years at the organisation she is leaving NDNA, while continuing to work within early years and education as a non-executive director elsewhere.

Having joined NDNA in 2004 as Deputy Chief Executive, Purnima spent 20 years as Chief Executive before taking on the Executive Chair role following the appointment of Tim McLachlan as Chief Executive in 2025.

In her time as Chief Executive, NDNA opened the National Early Years Enterprise Centre in Huddersfield as its head office as well as setting up national offices in Wales and Scotland. She also oversaw the establishment of key programmes such as Development Zone online training, Quality Counts, Millie’s Mark and Maths Champions, all of which have supported practitioners and settings to improve children’s early education and care. Under Purnima’s leadership, NDNA also expanded its reach not only across the UK but internationally as well.

 

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IFS: This year’s funding rates 22% lower in real terms than in 2017

IFS: This year’s funding rates 22% lower in real terms than in 2017

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) annual report on education spending in England shows how spending on education and early years has dropped per child in real terms.
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The NDNA Conference is back for 2026!

The NDNA Conference is back for 2026!

Improve your practice and be more informed at the NDNA Conference 2026 – Transforming tomorrow: the power of early years today! Our face to face event returns to Titanic Hotel in Liverpool on Friday 5 June.
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