Delegates were impressed by her early arrival, her enthusiasm for meeting people, her willingness to take questions and her friendly approach (not all of which have always been apparent with some of her predecessors!).
It helped, of course, that she had a positive announcement to talk about – the new consultation on the literacy and numeracy requirements for the Level 3 Early Years Educator qualifications.
The review of the rule that EYEs must have at least grade C in maths and English GCSE to count in workforce ratios has been anticipated and desperately needed for such a long time that the early years sector has given a huge collective sigh of relief at change being finally underway.
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