At the launch of the Leaders of Early Learning programme last week, 98 practitioners gathered to celebrate their work supporting other local settings.
Oxfordshire has many centres of best practice and the Early Years Board created the programme in January this year, aiming to see leaders in schools and settings working together, as well as supporting leaders with their personal development.
The county has around 350 settings, 250 schools and 700 childminders, as well as six standalone nursery schools and two early years teaching schools.
Chris Malone, early years manager at Oxfordshire County Council, and the chair of Oxfordshire’s Early Years Board, said, ‘Leaders of Early Learning brings together local, national and international experts, like an early years think-tank.
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