Community Partnerships: Integrating Early Education with Childcare

Abstract

This study reports on research into a Local Authority initiative in York, in North Yorkshire which aimed to establish early education and childcare partnerships between its 51 primary schools and local early‐years providers from the community‐voluntary and private sectors in close geographical proximity to the schools. The initiative was named Shared Foundation Community Partnerships.

A Bourdieusian Analysis of Good Practice Partnerships: Implications for Private, Voluntary and Independent Early Childcare Leaders

“…They identified that working conditions, professional identity, and respect for roles and status are key. They also found that effective collaborations require continuity of staff, shared leadership, resources and time [14]. Similarly, findings from research into professional development school partnerships (PDS), which exist in the US and the Netherlands between universities and schools, including pre-kindergarten, suggest that longevity is key to a successful partnership, along with the pre-kindergarten teachers identifying gaps in their practice.…”

“…Such partnerships are not new, an aim of the National Childcare Strategy [13] was to bring together the maintained and PVI sectors as equal partners. Broadhead and Armistead [14] investigated an initiative to establish early education and childcare partnerships between schools and PVI providers and found that sharing of power across such partnerships is problematic. They identified that working conditions, professional identity, and respect for roles and status are key.…”

Extreme Forms of Child Labour in Turkey

“…A related obstacle has been the dominance of the public administration in public life and the lack of agency on the part of local stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations, voluntary community groups and the private sector. The lack of other stakeholders in public processes translates into a lack of diversity of opinion, unlike in England (Broadhead and Armistead, 2007), and allows the public administration to defer action with little pressure for accountability. Another major obstacle has been the ethnic and political nature of the dynamics leading to concentrated poverty.…”

Taking advantage of dissonance: a CPD framework

“…As stated previously, integrated services are generally considered as a response to providing joined up services for children, young people and their families however, the available literature on this type of service provision is ambivalent in terms of stating categorically that service users and carers are subject to better outcomes. Robinson et al (2008, p. 21) cite the work of the Dartington Social Research Unit (2004) and also Broadhead and Armistead (2007) which together indicate that despite organisational change and restructuring there has been little improvement in child outcomes, and that this will not happen unless there is a focus on community planning and a concerted effort to improve children's service experience.…”

“…Unit (2004) and also Broadhead and Armistead (2007) which together indicate that despite organisational change and restructuring there has been little improvement in child outcomes, and that this will not happen unless there is a focus on community planning and a concerted effort to improve children's service experience.…”