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When I started working with children many many years ago, I never envisaged talking about children and the economy in the same breath. These days, I never give it a…
On Friday, I was delighted to be able to give the keynote speech to the staff of Rainbow Trust, a children’s charity led by their energetic and…
I am very pleased to be able to represent LEYF as a member of Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s Expert Panel. The…
In stark contrast to last Sunday when I sat in a warm Havana, sipping cocktails and enjoying live Cuban music, today I could only…
According to Downing St, isolation and loneliness are more dangerous to our health than smoking. Well as the saying goes, tell me about it! But why do…
The National Audit Office report Delivering the free entitlement to education for three- and four-year-olds has sent the press into pessimism overdrive, telling us the…
Ofsted gets a mixed reaction from the sector. It can bring you out in a rash or a hot sweat, but it can also be a very helpful…
Happy New Year and welcome back to my blog. (Thank you in advance!) As I recover from cooking, eating, talking, reading and watching TV (little different there then, except this…
There appears a general agreement that men in childcare are a good thing: the government has set a target to increase the number of men working in childcare; at LEYF…
This week the chancellor announced that the government will extend the free entitlement of 15 hours of nursery education to every disadvantaged two-year-old over the next four years.
This week has been rather a fest of networking, the most noteworthy of which was one evening and one day attending the Conservative Party Conference. A Conference virgin, I was…
Last weekend I went to Paddington Farm to help them celebrate their 25 years anniversary. A joyous occasion with…
