Dear Mr Clegg, Thank you for listening to us about the potential changes to the ratios. I...
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Back to blogCountdown to our 1st June picnic – a plea to the weather God!
It has been described as a work of fiction by the Pre-School Learning Alliance (PSLA) but is...
Sing-along to Bob Marley as you prepare for International Children’s Day on 1st June
Thank you all who responded to my blog 'Colleagues, it’s time we finally took control’ calling us...
A visit from our Minister
This week LEYF hosted a visit for our Minister Elizabeth Truss MP. We were pleased to welcome her...
Can President Obama supply the Haribo needed to bang out an Early Years investment proposition?
UK politicians and policy makers oscillate between venerating Europe and the US. We all now know of...
A Happy Valentine’s date in Paris with French nurseries!
Valentine’s Day in Paris. Yep, there I was. Not arm in arm with my beloved, but trudging across...
Remember the lessons of Stafford Hospital and listen to Florence Nightingale: don’t let the same happen to two year olds!
The Francis Report on the scandals of Stafford Hospital was published last week, and unless you have never been...
A swan and a lark: why the Government’s new childcare report may be the stone that kills both birds
The Government’s new childcare report was launched last week by Elizabeth Truss MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary for State (education and...
Politics is not welcome in the nursery
I write this blog with a sense of anger and despair. Even playing Verdi very loudly and...
Ofsted Annual Report? A great read, but please tell us something we don’t already know.
Last week Ofsted produced its Annual Report, the first from her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children...