Politics is not welcome in the nursery

I write this blog with a sense of anger and despair. Even playing Verdi very loudly and...

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...

It’s always interesting to meet television journalists up close and personal - and that’s exactly what I...

This weekend, I spent some time helping my sister (also in Early Years!) go through her old...

This weekend the TV presenters continually referred to the joy and happiness created by the Royal Wedding...

There is much talk at the moment about the importance of measurement, including a reference to it...

I have learned that if I am to truly avoid all contact with the world of work,...

Alongside the delight of being Chief Executive of LEYF, I am also chair of Paddington Farm Trust. ...

What would Lord Shaftsbury, Mary Carpenter or Dr Barnardo make of the ongoing political battle of what to cut...

We are already halfway through January, having returned from a long break to the order and pattern...

The year is once again fast drawing to a close. Each one seems to go by faster...

I have had the most interesting week. Despite the weather and incompetent overground trains trying to keep...