If Children Really Are Our Future, Why Are We Stalling?
The 16th November marked Social Enterprise Day, so Happy Social Enterprise to you all. My dream is for every business to operate like a social enterprise and never have to…
LEYF News and CEO Blog
Read the latest news and updates from our CEO and the wider LEYF team.
Talking Early Years: In conversation with Sarah Ronan
https://www.leyf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sarah-Ronan-and-June.mp3 Can the new Early Education and Care Coalition Influence the next Government? Sarah Ronan, Interim Director of the recently formed Early Education and Care Coalition (EECC) joined…
Developing Children’s Knowledge and Skills with Ofsted’s NEW Report
Ofsted has just published Report 2… …part of our series of subject-based curriculum research reviews. Do you remember the first one Best Start? This second…
Stronger in Numbers: The EECC Launch
Stronger in Numbers as the Early Education and Childcare Coalition Launches This week marks the launch of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition (EECC) – a group of experienced…
What has Early Years got to do with Sustainability?
Where are you going on holiday? Will it be too hot? A realistic question as Southern Europe burns. I chose the west of Ireland where a sliver of sunshine…
The Three Sides of the Red Box Budget
Hurrah, the importance to invest in the Early Years has finally filtered deep into the Treasury and the Chancellor responded in the Budget. So that is the good bit, but…
The Continuing Saga of the Childcare Cost
We have been raising the issues of childcare funding for over 10 years. It has been so long, I am amazed at how patient I’ve remained – and…
Shaping Us Campaign – shining a light on Early Years
Ten years ago, the Princess of Wales started noticing that a poor Early Years’ experience was the common denominator across all the young people using the mental health charities she…
A Big Green Win for LEYF at The Planet Mark Awards!
Here at London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) we are so proud to share that on the 19th January we won the award in the ‘Employee Engagement’ category at The…
Margaret Horn Debate 2022
Is Nursery the Best Place for Children? The debate was wide ranging and addressed the challenge of a hybrid market-led sector, which also requires Government funding to deliver a contract for universal 15 or 30-hour funded places.
LEYF wins two 2022 Nursery World Awards
LEYF was delighted to recently receive two Nursery World Awards at the 2022 ceremony. The awards, which are open to everyone in education and childcare, are a wonderful chance…
Time to Level ALL the Way UP
The Chancellor had some tough decisions to make today to drive the Government’s Levelling Up agenda and prepare the country for a post-Covid “age of optimism”. Whilst we know…