Talking Early Years: In conversation with Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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…
LEYF News and CEO Blog
Read the latest news and updates from our CEO and the wider LEYF team.
Lessons We Must Learn to Better Protect Our Children
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…
What Parents Think of the Free Funding Offer for Two Year Olds
Everyone says, the free offer is great for parents, they love it. It’s just greedy providers who refuse to offer it. Well that is not true. According to the findings…
Get Ready for the London OBC
It’s the season of the OBC. They are being held in Bournemouth, Bolton, Guildford, Birmingham, Liverpool, Plymouth… and London is hosting its OBC on Thursday 11th October at Bain &…
Childcare Costs TUC Report – September 2018.
Childcare is too expensive said the TUC in their well-timed report. Costs have risen by 50% since 2008 and wages have only increased by 27%. Parents have to top…
We all need time to unwind – even children
I have been somewhat bemused at the interest the press has taken in our efforts to introduce yoga and mindfulness with the children across the whole of LEYF. Interviews with…
Letter to our parents
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…
We Need Teachers to Save the Children
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. …
Maths: As Simple as One, Two Three?
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…
Hats Off For Learning!
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…
Dear Mrs May
I would like to thank Mrs May for hosting and chairing our meeting on Monday. It was a pleasure to be sitting in the Cabinet Room rather than down the…
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads!
“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…
Minds Really Do Matter
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;…
The Consultation Dilemma: How to Get it Right
There is a lively debate afoot about consultation. It broke at the Firm Foundations and has now hit twitter so risks turning into 140 character soundbites. It has…