I was very pleased to be invited as a guest to the annual 2018 Pre-School Learning Alliance...
The Consultation Dilemma: How to Get it Right
There is a lively debate afoot about consultation. It broke at the Firm Foundations and has now...
I’ll Drink to That!
If anyone ever asked me what my favourite Champagne was, I would have struggled to answer and...
Murder in the Playground
Waiting for the bus the other day I stood and read this. It reminded me of a...
Goodbye to a Very Dear Friend and Great Supporter of Early Years
I have been asked many times about who has influenced my life and I am usually publicly...
The Easter Egg Sugar Rush
Soon the whole country will be taking part in a giant Easter Egg hunt. A collective response...
More men in early years education. That’s the plan.
It might be understandable if we were frustrated by slow progress given our first report on the state of...
Now that Mr Hinds has discovered the error of the ways in education when will he have the same epiphany about Early Years?
The new Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds MP has admitted that school funding is “tight”...
Gender inclusivity? Don’t forget the men!
“What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the...
Language is the golden route to educational success
We all assume that everyone will learn to talk. It’s part of being human but actually there...
International Women’s Day; Champagne, Sex Toys and Birmingham ….
I am a girl from the late 70s. Feminism was a bit of a cult. Indicators of...
What has love got to do with it?
Valentine’s Day is another marketing dream. A flurry of hearts and fluffiness is thrust upon us. The UK...