Nursery World - Allen wants more graduate leaders

An increase in graduate and postgraduate leadership in early years settings has been recommended by Labour MP Graham Allen, in his Government-commissioned report on early intervention.

Mr Allen also calls for there to be an Early Years Professional in everysetting. He says a Workforce Development Strategy should be set up, ledby the Department for Education and the Department of Health, to ensurethere are enough 'suitably qualified candidates who wish to work withthe 0-5s.'

Early Intervention: Next Steps focuses on the rationale for earlyintervention and identifies the Family Nurse Partnership as one of the19 programmes rated most highly from a list of more than 70 programmeschosen for their effectiveness in early intervention. Others includeAmerica's Early Literacy and Learning, Reading Recovery and theIncredible Years parenting intervention.

Mr Allen said that these programmes should be expanded and promoted by anew non-government body called the Early Intervention Foundation, whichwould be independently funded, to gather evidence that the programmeswork and to develop others.

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