Cathy Nutbrown

Dame Cathryn Elizabeth Nutbrown DBE is a British early childhood education academic and a professor at the University of Sheffield.

She was the key contributor to a report which suggested that the enforcement of qualifications for vocational courses in early childhood education were laxer than in animal care.

Nutbrown was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to early childhood education.

[4] Nutbrown was a non-panel reference group member for Clare Tickell's 2011 Department for Education report on the early years foundation stage.

[10] Nutbrown was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to early childhood education.