Raise the Alarm and Stop Changes to Children to Staff Ratios

In 2013, I wrote a blog to raise the alarm on an ill-considered plan to reduce staff...

A Thank You Letter to Mr Clegg

Dear Mr Clegg, Thank you for listening to us about the potential changes to the ratios. I...

It has been described as a work of fiction by the Pre-School Learning Alliance (PSLA) but is...

Thank you all who responded to my blog 'Colleagues, it’s time we finally took control’ calling us...

This week LEYF hosted a visit for our Minister Elizabeth Truss MP. We were pleased to welcome her...

UK politicians and policy makers oscillate between venerating Europe and the US. We all now know of...

Valentine’s Day in Paris. Yep, there I was. Not arm in arm with my beloved, but trudging across...

The Francis Report on the scandals of Stafford Hospital was published last week, and unless you have never been...

The Government’s new childcare report was launched last week by Elizabeth Truss MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary for State (education and...

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

Last week Ofsted produced its Annual Report, the first from her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children...