C4EO and the Early Childhood Unit at the National Children’s Bureau are leading the Department for Education-funded programme, which provides peer-to-peer support for managers, commissioners and voluntary organisations.
Six months on from the programme’s launch, those interested in improving aspects of their provision have developed assignments to help with a range of challenges, such as managing change following departmental restructures and implementing the Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) to achieve the best results.
Having identified the assignments, accredited specialists can be chosen from within the sector to support managers make the long-term changes needed.
Joyce Connor, programme director for early years at the NCB, said: "We are asking people in local authorities, in settings or in voluntary organisations who are offering services for young children to look at areas where they might want to improve quality. We have had a mixture of people interested in the programme from those who are looking at a strategic level to managers who are managing clusters of settings.
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