Effective leadership is a key element in delivering high-quality early years provision and is crucially important in today's climate of uncertainty and financial constraint. An early years leader has to inspire three groups of people -the children, parents and practitioners - and the key to good leadership is bringing all three together to improve quality.
The importance of good leadership was identified in 2006 in the Effective Leadership in the Early Years Sector (ELEYS) Study, an extension of the EPPE project.
'Early years leaders need to be creative to keep occupancy levels up and to meet the requirements of the EYFS and Ofsted,' says Laura Henry, managing director of the Childcare Consultancy. 'They also need to be inspirational. Good leadership skills are especially important at this time when the Early Years Foundation Stage is under review and when sustainability is a major issue.'
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