Last week, Early Education Minister Bailey wrote to early years providers in England to clarify the safeguarding requirements for sleeping arrangements within the EYFS statutory framework and shared plans to strengthen these requirements from September 2026.  Her...
By Angela Gamble, Education and Training Manager – Coram PACEY In the landscape of early years education, where policies shift, pressures rise, and childhood itself sometimes feels rushed, Georgina––known to many online as The Young Ones — offers a powerful...
By Angela Gamble, Education and Training Manager- Coram PACEY In every community, there are people whose work quietly shapes the daily lives of families. For many in her corner of Sidcup, that person is Carol. For more than a decade, she has built a thriving...
Home-based childcare may be small in scale, but as the panel of practitioners made abundantly clear, its impact is vast. At the recent Coram PACEY conference, a group of deeply committed childminders, nannies and assistants came together to share what makes this form...
By Zara Smith Understanding Ofsted’s renewed early years inspection approach The Ofsted workshop at the recent Coram PACEY conference offered a detailed walkthrough of the renewed inspection framework, with a strong focus on transparency, consistency, and recognising...
