This was a busy week for Early Years with the announcement of the Government's Childcare Commission, the publication...
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Back to blogRead your two year-old a bedtime story, and start to slowly peel off the label of disadvantage before it sticks
This week has just disappeared, and that is partly because I had meetings every evening. I was...
Déjà vu, all over again.
I am a nervous passenger generally, but my anxiety rises to a whole new level when we...
A lesson from Her Majesty the Queen: be nice, look nice, act nice.
Unsurprisingly, there is not a single LEYF nursery that hasn't been joining in the Jubilee Celebrations this...
Mr Mayor, please take an interest in the childcare sector and build a London fit for the next generation
When I started working with children many many years ago, I never envisaged talking about children and...
Parents finally get what they deserve: free text alerts and relationship advice (well, it’s a start)
Clearly everyone thinks parents have lost the ability to parent, but don’t worry - the Government which...
The Queen, the Prime Minister, the Mayor and three Romans
London has a new Mayor - or a recycled one, depending on your point of view. Boris cycled...
Cultural capital. The secret ingredient at the heart of effective early intervention.
Two ever-popular and increasingly connected topics of debate, child poverty and social mobility have been high on my...
Leadership elections or popularity contest, you decide.
On Friday, I was delighted to be able to give the keynote speech to the staff of...
Be Prepared: 100 Days and counting… and don’t forget the torch.
On Wednesday this week we hosted the sector's first ever Pan London Olympic strategy meeting. It was...
Do you really need GCSE Maths grade C to have a laugh or do a sum?
I am very pleased to be able to represent LEYF as a member of Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s...
Life can be perfect, so raise a glass of Bollinger to a world of Social Enterprises.
It wasn’t Big Society or social value that got Mr. Cameron out of Downing St to celebrate...