OCCASIONAL PAPER 6 - Staff Perspectives on Working with Two-year-olds: Preparation, Support and Working Together.

Jan Georgeson, Verity Campbell-Barr (Plymouth University) and Sandra Mathers (Oxford University)

This study, commissioned by TACTYC in 2014, sought to find out how the early years workforce was responding to the government’s funding initiative for two-year-olds in England (see full report here). This Occasional Paper is based on some of the findings. The two-year-old offer asks a lot from early years practitioners, but settings and practitioners are working hard to provide for them, including those taking two-year-olds for the first time. Settings are working very quickly and effectively to adapt their practice and provision to meet this new challenge; the consequent demands on time and resources, however, need to be recognised.

To access the full Occasional Paper, click here.