Brent embraces the ECER’S

challenge

Wendy Yianni – Head Teacher

Wendy Kelly – PVI Manager

Linda Lockie – Early Years Advisory Teacher

Low ratios

Relevant qualificationsHigh level qualifications

Developmental communication

Child led activities

Small sized groups

Engaging with parents

Stable, warm relationships

Good social mix

Floor space

From the Institute for Public Policy Research – 2013,

Early Developments – Bridging the Gap between evidence and policy in the EYs

Experience

Good standards of English

ECERS course for 23 settings (PVIs and schools) from

October 2013 to March 2014 who were good and

outstanding settings

On the journey………………….

Strong leaders……

• Getting It Right First Time:“Strong and effective leadership makes a setting good or outstanding. It

drives up the quality of a setting’s work and ensures that all children are

helped to reach their potential. It is no surprise that strong leaders share

common features”. Ofsted, July 2013, Achieving and maintaining high quality early

years provision. P6.

ECERS Rating Scales

Inadequate Minimal Good Excellent

Emerging/Focusing Developing Establishing Enhancing

Progression Matrix of a setting

Any tool is only as good as the person wielding it…

• Honest and rigorous cycles of self evaluation

– process not output

• Ability to galvanise change

• Accurate self reflection as leader

• Reflection processes owned by wider team

• Robust commitment to on going

improvement

Leaders should have :

Leading from the front? …………………………………..

Next Steps for Brent

ECERS Champions Network Cluster meetings

Focus on training for leadership,

SEF and Data

LA monitoring

role lessens

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Jelli Tots NurseryPVI experience

• Background of the setting

• Leadership

• Improvements and impact

• Challenges

• Next steps

Although attitudes and regulations have changed since the 1960’s playgroup movement, many buildings have not.

Many nurseries face the challenge of operating within restricted physical environments which need to be set up and packed away everyday.

Leadership style

How my leadership style has influenced

how I introduced ECERS to the rest of the team.

Improvements and impact

Challenges

• Funding for large scale improvements to the

physical environment.

• Finding non-contact time for staff to carry out

scoring.

• Inclusion of students/volunteers and parents

in the ECERS programme.

• The non-permanence and restrictions of a

pack away setting.

Next steps

• To keep ECERS sustained within my setting.

• To maintain a network with colleagues from the course and continue sharing good practice.

• To be an ECERS ‘champion’ using the knowledge gained throughout the course to support and empower other settings in their cycle of improvement.

Why did we need to make a change at CGSS

• Brent Steering Group

• Staff team – work life balance/continuous provision/ leaders of learning

• My Vision – to inspire staff team to sustain -Dynamic Learning Environment –bespoke to CGSS

• SDP priority – ECERS & ITERS

Wendy Yianni – Head Teacher

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• Identifying an issue - include the stakeholders /PT provision – impact on learning environment

• Imagining a possible solution – ECERS

• Trying it out – Ecers Audits/training

• Evaluating it – Impact – sharing successes / challenges

• Changing practice – Enabling environment /Happier staff team / Community achievement / PROMOTE BEST PRACTICE.

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The headteacher provides inspired leadership, which gives rise to strong teamwork(Ofsted 2005)

The nursery is extremely well led by the headteacher who, along with the whole staff, has high expectations

of what can be achieved. (Ofsted 2008)

Headteacher has a very clear vision and provides strong drive for excellence (Ofsted 2010)The headteacher and staff are a dedicated and inspirational team with a passion for providing the best

possible learning opportunities for all children. (Ofsted 2012)

Steal great ingredients from around the world and bring them back to your school community and

make a unique recipes that impact of teaching and learning at your school

Quote from Primary ICT conference 2010 /Professor Stephen Heppell

• Vision

• Brand it

• Get people on board

• Articulate

• Whole school

• Non negotiable

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Develop Brent

ECERS Network

group