LEYF News and CEO Blog

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…

Never has the word ‘strategy’ been quite so exciting! That’s because it is THE Sustainability Strategy. A strategy is the plan, the road map or whatever cliché you want…

I have been using the word, ‘pedagogy’ for many years and am now beyond delighted that I can employ Pedagogy Coaches to support the nurseries understand how to embed…

It was an OBC with a difference. We didn’t have to find a room and a suitable time and lots of refreshments, we zoomed straight into everyone’s homes in nearly…

I am constantly being asked about how we have responded to COVID-19.  What are the problems, levels of anxieties, health and safety issues, business risks and leadership approach? Throughout, I…

Since I have been operating the LEYF business from home, I’ve increased my video conferencing to check-in everyday with the 15 nursery hubs that still remain open. We talk about…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day eleven of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on what the pedagogy looks like in practice? Read my recent post reflecting on pedagogy…

Last week I went on a Pedajolly to Birmingham to the Nursery World Conference with two colleagues. Ben who leads the LEYF Training Academy and Jean who manages a…

What do we mean by multigenerational practice?  Here at LEYF we are now very clear.  It is how we ensure our nurseries are active community catalysts. Ten years ago,…

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is not an education at all”  An invitation to the annual Margaret Horn Debate. Over ten years ago, we started the annual…

The grassroots movement is when the ordinary people get together and use collective action from the local level to affect change at the local, regional, national, or international level. In…