Leadership for Quality in Early Years and Playwork: Supporting your team to achieve better outcomes for children and families

About Andrea LancasterDebbie Garvey

Andrea Lancaster is an Early Years Foundation Stage consultant for Sheffield County Council. At the time of writing the book her role involved the support and development of leadership and management within the private voluntary and independent early years education and childcare sectors. She now works exclusively with schools and takes a particular interest in developing provision for two year olds within that sector. Debbie Garvey is an active trainer writer and speaker on the subjects of leadership mentoring team building and reflective practice and the roles these play in quality improvement for early years settings. She was a founder member of the National Quality Improvement Network managed by the National Children's Bureau and is founder of Stonegate Training Consultancies which provides training and advocacy designed to improve quality provision for children young people and families.