Head-to-Head Podcast
by Early Excellence
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EYFS Strategic Development: Achieving a Long-Term Impact
EYFS Strategic Development: Achieving a Long-Term Impact
About this podcast
Listen and connect with real Headteachers and School Leaders right here. Join Sarah Carey, School Improvement Lead at Early Excellence, as she explores a range of hot topics in Primary and Early Years Education.
Developed by Headteachers, with Headteachers for Headteachers, they are perfect if you’re seeking to discover the realities of school inspection and impactful school improvement strategies. These genuine, honest and engaging conversations will share crucial information, offer support and reassurance.
So, whether you’re keen to hear about real Ofsted experiences, or you’re looking for clarity and direction with your strategic improvement priorities, then these ‘Head-to- Head’ podcasts will be an invaluable tool to impact on both your thinking and strategy.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 41 episodes
- EYFS Strategic Development: Achieving a Long-Term Impact · 1 h 1 min · Season 3 Episode 40Is your EYFS as strong as it needs to be to secure high outcomes at the end of KS2? Hear from School Leaders at Bexton Primary School as they reflect on their EYFS development…
- Building Strong Foundations in Early Writing · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 39Are outcomes in Writing holding your GLD back? Join Ashlie McGreavy, Director of Early Years at Carlton Academy, as she talks through how her team transformed writing outcomes by…
- Transforming Reception Baseline Assessment · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 38From start points and narratives to informing teaching and learning - does your Reception Baseline Assessment actually tell you what you need to know? In this episode Emma Doran…
- Building Resilience: Preparing Children to Navigate Life’s Challenges · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 37Are you considering how best to prepare children for a world that doesn't exist yet? Charlotte Smiles, Headteacher of Upland School has deeply reflected on how to support her…
- Continuous Provision in KS1: Purposeful Learning, Positive Engagement · 60 min · Season 3 Episode 36Are you looking to engage your KS1 children in deep, connected, purposeful learning through play in the provision? Hear from Katy Smith, Headteacher at Brookfield Primary School…
- Strengthen Early Years Assessment & Raise Outcomes · 1 h 7 min · Season 3 Episode 35Are you looking to transform your Reception Assessment systems to ensure they are manageable, meaningful and impactful? In this episode, Anna Hackett and Sally Scott from…
- Building a Cohesive Trust Wide Early Years Strategy · 57 min · Season 3 Episode 34Are you keen to develop a strategy that drives Trust wide improvements in teaching, learning & outcomes across your EYFS? Listen to Lisa Whiteley, Trust Partner at Learners’…
- Inspection Reflections: A Headteachers’ Firsthand Experience of Ofsted · 1 h 27 min · Season 3 Episode 33Are you keen to find out about Ofsted inspection under the new Inspection Framework? Hear from Andy Kitchen, Headteacher at Stafford Leys Primary School as he shares his recent…
- Continuous Provision in KS1: Rethinking Pedagogy · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 32Are you exploring what Continuous Provision looks like in Key Stage 1 and how can it work in practice? In this episode Cassie Puplett shares her experiences as a Headteacher…
- 10 Steps to Purpose Curriculum Design: Achieve Inclusivity & Enable Success · 1 h 8 min · Season 3 Episode 31Is your curriculum designed to truly meet the needs of every child, especially the most vulnerable? In this podcast episode Brogan Taylor shares her inspiring curriculum journey…
- Championing Inclusion: Supporting Every Child in the Early Years · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 30Are you placing a focus on SEND and Inclusion? This month, Catherine Mole, CEO of Dingley’s Promise, shares her inspiring journey and the charity’s mission to champion inclusion…
- Expanding Nursery Provision & the School Based Nursery Grant · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 29Are you considering expanding your nursery provision and exploring the School Based Nursery Grant application process? In this episode, Deputy Headteacher Abbas Jaffer shares the…
- SEND in the Early Years: Supporting Every Child · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 28Are you grappling with how to strengthen support for children with SEND in the EYFS? Hear from SEND specialist Helen Mohatta and draw on her expertise and deep knowledge of both…
- Continuous Provision in KS1: Enabling Purposeful Learning Through Play · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 27Are you looking to successfully establish Continuous Provision in KS1? In this episode, Kate Davies and Becca Taylor from The Pines School share their journey of embedding…
- Transforming Reception Baseline Assessment with EExREC · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 26How effectively do your Reception Baseline Assessment processes support your children, the team, teaching and learning? Phil Armstrong and Sarah Carey are joined by Helen…
- Building Brilliant Beginnings: Strategic Leadership in the EYFS · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 25Are you responsible for leading impactful improvement in the EYFS? In this episode, Kate Eastwood, Director of Early Years at Quest Trust, shares her focus development projects…
- A Leadership Story: The Journey into Headship · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 24Are you an aspiring leader, considering progression into a Headship? Join Becky Sawford, Head Teacher at Crosshall Infant School Academy Trust and hear about her journey into…
- Rethinking KS1: A Fresh Approach to Learning · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 23Are you looking to rapidly transform practice and provision in KS1? Hear from Helen Davidson-McMullen, Headteacher at Wheldon Infant and Nursery Schools as she discusses her…
- Supporting Children with SEND: Nurture, Play and Inclusion · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 22Are you striving to support all children to learn, develop and achieve success? Listen to Victoria Pettett, Headteacher of Westlands Primary School, as she shares her school’s…
- Strengthening Early Years: A School Leader’s Insights · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 21Is strengthening EYFS practice your school improvement priority? Hear from Executive Head Teacher Howard Seymour about the critical importance of early years education. Howard…
