LEYF News and CEO Blog

Unpacking The Twoness of Twos  The Government has agreed to continue the roll out of funded places for two-year-olds, with talk of putting them into schools.

Change the Way you Greet them There is a lot of concern about recently qualified staff who appear…

The drive for the childcare expansion pushes on despite the worries about sufficient staff. However, while our concern about staff sufficiency remains flashing amber, our new flashing red is…

I love apprentices… …especially the LEYF apprentices. They are the next generation of Early Years teachers and, in my experience, they are amongst some of the best new…

Access to good, nutritious, and balanced meals is becoming more challenging for some families each week, affecting the poorest and most deprived families the hardest. This is not just me…

A new Prime Minister, a new Secretary of State for Education and a new Minister of State inevitably means a new set of promises.  However, if last…

Covid took off its invisible cloak on the 23rd of March when the country retrenched into lockdown. Now, six months later, with the battle partly won, the country has to…

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” – Theodore Roosevelt Many organisations talk about working in partnership. It…

I am always pleased to be invited to speak about things that matter to me such as social enterprise and the business of childcare, child poverty, pedagogy and wider early…

I recently read a piece about the growth of artificial intelligence and the impact it will have on existing jobs, whether the driverless car or the extension of computer controlled…

The EECERA Conference is an annual event and I always try and attend accompanied by LEYF staff where possible. It’s much better fun when we go as…

This National Apprenticeship Week it is time to celebrate the joy and enthusiasm good apprentices bring into an organisation. I have been a supporter of trainees and…