The Government’s new childcare report was launched last week by Elizabeth Truss MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary for State (education and...
Category: Education
Back to blogPolitics is not welcome in the nursery
I write this blog with a sense of anger and despair. Even playing Verdi very loudly and...
Asking Robin Van Persie to kick the childcare football straight into the Equalities net
Childcare is flavour of the week and quickly becoming a political football. I wish we had an...
The childcare cost mystery: is it time for Monsieur Poirot to visit the Treasury?
We are all aware that the cost of childcare is too expensive for many parents. Yet the...
Will the arrival of a Royal baby raise the profile of Early Years?
Hurrah, the press finally have something new to focus on now the Duchess is having a Royal...
The importance of Cultural Capital, or how every child deserves a little Water Music more than just now and again.
An invitation to speak at the Early Arts UnConference at the MAC in Birmingham led to my...
Get off the diet kicks and learn to eat, serve and advise on nutritionally sound food.
Admit it, you're either going on a diet, thinking about a diet or have just given up...
Parent engagement: research tells us to avoid being a shrinking violet.
At the recent summer NDNA conference, Professor Kathy Sylva revealed the findings of a research on parental...
The Angels’ Share: a film that turns whiskey into a political metaphor. Drink Up!
When the weather is raining and grey, I often like to go to see a film in...
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...
Leadership elections or popularity contest, you decide.
On Friday, I was delighted to be able to give the keynote speech to the staff of...
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...