LEYF News and CEO Blog

If you have been frog marched through books, why would you ever read for pleasure? The award-winning author and screenwriter Frank Cotterell-Boyce is the 13th Children’s Laureate of…

In Memory of Genevieve Meehan Tonight, BBC One North West and Yorkshire will air an investigative programme titled How Safe Are Our Nurseries? It follows the heartbreaking story of Genevieve…

The London OBC is coming on the 8th April 2025 We will be hosting it at Bain where we can take up to 100 people in person. This time…

Professional Love: The Beating Heart of Early Years Education and Care On Valentine’s Day, there is much talk about romantic love, but we are talking about a very…

Launching the Reading Rights Summit in Liverpool Last week, Booktrust (where I proudly serve as a Trustee) hosted the Reading Rights Summit. We were joined by special guests, the…

Unpacking The Twoness of Twos  The Government has agreed to continue the roll out of funded places for two-year-olds, with talk of putting them into schools.

To the tune of the 12 Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas The government gave to me… A childcare…

A Right to be Children: The Importance of the Design Architecture   Good architecture combines…

Is Modern Parenting fit for purpose? “Be worthy of imitation” Rudolph Steiner (1861-1925)   Every year we host the Margaret Horn Debate where we consider a compelling subject highlighted…

Let’s really make change the only option: Become part of the ECEC movement Sarah Ronan is the director of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition (EECC) – an organisation…

Parenting has always mirrored societal changes, often influenced by trends and fads. But while society evolves, children remain remarkably consistent in their needs. So, do certain parenting approaches truly stand…

Change the Way you Greet them There is a lot of concern about recently qualified staff who appear…