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Welcome to the Alliance blog, where you’ll find expert advice, best practice tips and ideas, thoughtful opinion pieces and successful case studies. For everyone who is passionate about the importance of Early Years.

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Bonfires, fireworks and fire pits - 6 top tips for planning safe fire activities

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Oct 31, 2018
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Best practice, Events

Autumn is the time of year for bonfires and fireworks, and many practitioners contact us to find out how they can introduce fires to their activities whilst safely managing risk.

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Case Study - Developing reflective practice and leadership skills

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Oct 26, 2018
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Case studies, Best practice, Long read

In this guest blog from Steven White of , he shares with us a case study example of using reflective practice and the development of leadership skills.Read more

Can the GCSE U-turn solve recruitment difficulties?

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Oct 16, 2018
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Policy, Professional development, Research

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CEEDA are independent research expertsÌýwho are currently running theÌýAbout Early Years (AEY) research programme with support from the Alliance and other sector partners. Here Dr Jo Verrill, CEEDA's Managing Director,...Read more

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Ability groups: a wellbeing crisis?

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Oct 9, 2018

Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes, senior lecturer in early education at UCL, explains how grouping by ability in the early years has the potential to damage children’s mental health and wellbeingRead more

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Are you GDPR compliant? Take our test!

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Sep 18, 2018

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Are you compliant with the GDPR, the data protection regulation that came into effect from May 2018 across the EU?

To find out, determine the personal data your setting holds and the purposes for collecting and processing it...Read more

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