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Ratio revolution?

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  • Monday, October 10, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Rumour has it the former early years minister, and now prime minister, Liz Truss is considering ditching the recently proposed tweaks to adult: child ratios and axing them altogether.

The benefits of attending a research conference

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  • Friday, September 9, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Every year I try and get LEYF staff to attend and present at the annual EECERA conference. I have been doing this since 2004 , although we have not attended every conference mostly because some places were a bit expensive for us and my conference savings pot wouldn’t stretch.

Wake up, rethink the funding

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Last week I was contacted by national radio and TV to do an interview about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and how this will affect both parents and staff.

Exposing the unhelpful rules and regulations in early education

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  • Wednesday, June 22, 2022
  • | CYP Now
I recently had the opportunity to attend (in person) the launch of new research: Implications of COVID for Early Childhood Education and Care in England, a study funded by the Nuffield Foundation, that was carried out by the Centre for Evidence and Implementation, the University of East London, Frontier Economics, Coram Family and Childcare and the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Save our staff: child ratios

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  • Friday, April 22, 2022
  • | CYP Now
In 2013, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) Elizabeth Truss decided to pursue a plan to reduce staff:child ratios.

Why the early years must be levelled up without delay

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  • Monday, February 28, 2022
  • | CYP Now
With all the fuss about ‘Partygate’ and too many unpleasant images of our Prime Minister being shared by angry, vindictive ex-colleagues – you may have been forgiven for missing the government’s Levelling Up White Paper led by Michael Gove.

Blue monday is not very blue in early years

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  • Tuesday, January 25, 2022
  • | CYP Now
In a world, which is very focused on wellbeing and how we consider people's sense of wellbeing, it seemed a bit strange to me that 17 January was renamed Blue Monday. A day to be miserable!

A wish for wellness in 2022

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  • Tuesday, January 4, 2022
  • | CYP Now
2022 has finally arrived and it is also day five of my COVID isolation. I know I am nearly better because the world doesn’t feel like a permanent menopausal hot flush and I can now sleep with two pillows instead to five.

What about the baby?

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  • Friday, December 17, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Why now is the time for national leadership and a rescue, recovery and repair plan for the nation’s youngest children.

Ofsted has a big conversation with the London OBC

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  • Friday, October 1, 2021
  • | CYP Now
One of the few benefits of Covid-19 was that we learned that we could manage big meetings using technology and there was less reason for people to complain about not being able to attend due to timing, venue or cost.

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