Nursery World - Work Matters: Leadership and Management Self Evaluation

On the road to empowerment

In this three-part series Laura Henry charts the progress of settings taking part in a leadership and training initiative run by Cheshire East EYFS Team in partnership with the Childcare Consultancy.

Earlier this year I received a call from Ruth Hulme, Early Years Foundation Stage lead pedagogue, Cheshire East. She said she had found the Nursery World series on using the SEF to support the inspection process positive and useful to signpost providers.

Cheshire East became a new local authority in April 2009. Its early years team were keen to develop a management programme that recognised the key role of leaders and managers in improving quality in settings and to highlight the use of the National Strategies Quality Improvement Support Programme material. On the back of the series they said they would like to discuss the possibility of working with Childcare Consultancy to devise a Level 4 accredited course for managers in the private, voluntary and independent sectors.

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