LEYF News and CEO Blog

Dear Parents We live in one of the busiest capital cities in the world and in recent years we have seen an increase in terrorist attacks across London. Following the…

The Early Years sector is still suffering from the recruitment crisis kicked off by the demand for A to C Maths and English as an entry point into the sector. …

There’s trouble up mill … The sector is dismayed because the Early Learning Goals are being reviewed and the DfE has not engaged Early Years people nearly enough. Will…

Summer in the office and many teams are off strategy planning, team building and completing a myriad of personality tools from Birkman to Insights or learning style questionnaires…

“Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a Dad.” — Anne Geddes Dads matter and so says the research and me because I have…

I was very pleased to be invited as a guest to the annual 2018 Pre-School Learning Alliance conference. The subject was one that currently keeps me up at night;…

If anyone ever asked me what my favourite Champagne was, I would have struggled to answer and probably remark on the benefits of the affordable Prosecco. However, since my recent…

It might be understandable if we were frustrated by slow progress given our first report on the state of men in childcare. However, it’s not in my nature to give up…

“What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation.” – Cicero I wrote my first blog about men in childcare in…

We all assume that everyone will learn to talk. It’s part of being human but actually there are levels of success when it comes to language. We can all learn…