Yesterday FSF attended the consultation launch from Ofsted's South East team regarding the proposed new Education Inspection Framework. All the draft documents are available here along with the speech made by HMCI Amanda Spielman at th…
We have just published a new article written for us by Julian Grenier: "If you don’t have one of those big personalities that can enthuse and amuse, do you end up feeling rather inadequate compared to that “inspiring” conference speak…
We have just published an insightful article by Penny Tassoni called 'Reducing Educational Disadvantage'. For those of you familiar with Penny's work you will not be surprised to read the carefully considered points and the practical sugges…
On Wednesday 14th November FSF were at Westminster with other sector representatives to meet with MPs to discuss the financial sustainability of the PVI early years sector. Although all in agreement concerning what the problems are, it was …
We had our first Tapestry Education Conference (TEC) at our office here in Lewes last week. The theme of the day was Reflective Practice, and there were a mix of delegates from settings, academia and advisory roles to listen to speakers a…
The switch over to our new look went really well and we are pretty much complete. There are a few niggly bits that we are working on now but on the whole we are done ... hurrah! If you find something that doesn't work as you would expect i…
We are delighted to welcome back Darlington LA who have just renewed their LA scheme for the 6th year. If you already belong to the forum as a Darlington member you need do nothing, your account will automatically be renewed If you work i…
