Young Leaders: How I got to the top
Lillie Hart, nursery manager at Jesters Day Nursery and Pre-school in Beaulieu.
Leadership
Staff Wellbeing: How employers should support staff with period pain
Caroline Vollans explores why early years employers should be more supportive of staff with severe menstrual symptoms.
Understanding what works with leadership development in the early years
Dr Mona Sakr, associate professor of early childhood at Middlesex University, says there is an urgent need to understand what works when it comes to developing leaders in the sector.
Management Queries: Are vaping breaks ok?
Our panel discuss the issue of vaping and whether members of early years staff should be allowed to vape while at work. By Gabriella Jozwiak
Management queries: Too much personal chat?
Our panel discusses how settings can ensure staff are always engaged with children – rather than talking to each other – even when outdoors during free play. By Gabriella Jozwiak
Management Queries - How do I help?
Our panel discuss what managers can do to support a member of staff who is on antidepressant medication, and if Ofsted needs to be notified. By Gabriella Jozwiak
Nursery World Awards 2022 - Lifetime Achievement
David Wright, Paint Pots Nurseries
Early years leadership qualifications: part 1 - Baby brains
In the first part of a new series on leadership qualifications, Charlotte Goddard focuses on the...
Integration: part 4 – Brand values
Some groups prefer a consistent name for acquisitions, while others prefer individuality. By...
Integration: part 3 – Strategies to get parents on board after a nursery take-over
Three nursery groups explain how they reassure parents after acquiring their child’s setting, by...
Anti-Racist Leadership: Part 4 - Do I belong?
Is there a culture of anti-racism in your nursery setting? Liz Pemberton considers how managers can...
Anti-racist leadership: part 3 - What we say
Continuing her series on anti-racist leadership, this month, Liz Pemberton focuses on language
Guides & Resources
Leadership
What does leadership look like in the early years? What tools are at leaders’ disposal? Academics and authors Verity Campbell-Barr and Caroline Leeson introduce the concept and discuss how to develop and share your vision with the team, and how those at the helm can reflect on their role.
Collaboration
What can settings gain from collaboration and how can they work more effectively together? Carla Solvason, senior lecturer at the University of Worcester, reports.
Multi-Agency Working
Sharing information and working effectively with other services is much easier in theory than in practice. In this comprehensive guide, Hannah Crown speaks to industry leaders on the key hurdles, progress on data sharing within Government, best practice, and training.
Inspecting Ofsted Reports
What can be discovered from a systematic analysis of Ofsted reports? Pennie Akehurst, former head of the early years and childcare service at Derbyshire County Council, pulls out the key themes from thousands of inspections in this invaluable guide.
Anti-Racist Leadership: part 2 - Looking inward
When it comes to racism, Liz Pemberton questions how leaders can start conversations around the subject
Business – Bouncing back by supporting your staff
Staff are a business's most valuable asset – so at this crucial time of opening up, what support should be in place for your team? Lenny Tyler and Eve Smith at the Early Years Alliance offer some suggestions
Staff Health & Well-Being: Part 1 - The state we’re in
In the first part of a new series looking at staff health and well-being, Charlotte Goddard sets out how healthy we are as a society, and sector, and how inequality affects this
Social Leadership: Part 2 - Social network
How can social leadership improve a setting’s performance, and what implications does this have for the wider sector? Mona Sakr, senior lecturer in early childhood at Middlesex University, explains
Social Leadership: Part 1 - Be the change
Can early years leaders effect social change, and will being more socially responsive and democratic make settings more effective? Yes, finds Mona Sakr, senior lecturer in education and early childhood at Middlesex University
Nursery Management: Diversity - In the minority
What is the ethnic makeup of the early years workforce, and what kinds of experiences do BAME practitioners have? Meredith Jones Russell searches for the data
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