October 2026
07
October
Virtual Event
Leadership Matters Network (October 2026)
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Leadership Matters is a termly online network for early years leaders across the region to connect, share best practice and grow together in a supportive, collaborative space. It's an opportunity to exchange practical ...20
October
CPD Programme: Using Evidence to Strengthen Your Early Years Leadership
Stronger Practice Hub Event
A three-part face-to-face leadership programme delivered in collaboration with the Somerset Research School, for Headteachers, EYFS Leads, Nursery/Pre-School Managers, Room Leaders and EYFS Teachers. The programme supp...22
October
Live Panel Webinar: Inside the Baby Room: Insights from the Babies in Mind Project
Stronger Practice Hub Event
A panel discussion sharing findings from the Babies in Mind project, a Bristol-based exploration of baby room practice, alongside emerging national research from the Nuffield Foundation-funded Achieving High-Quality Pr...23
October
Virtual Event
Developing an Early Years Curriculum – Strengthening Early Years Teaching
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Develop an ambitious, inclusive Early Years curriculum that responds to the unique needs, experiences and cultural capital of your children, families and communities, drawing on Bristol's Early Years Curriculum Guidanc...November 2026
11
November
Exploring an Early Years Curriculum: Open Study Day at St Pauls Nursery
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Join the St Pauls team for a reflective conversation about curriculum, hearing about their curriculum journey and how it reflects their values, pedagogy and the interests of their children and families. The day include...December 2026
02
December
Virtual Event
Leadership Matters Network (December 2026)
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Leadership Matters is a termly online network for early years leaders across the region to connect, share best practice and grow together in a supportive, collaborative space. It's an opportunity to exchange practical ...January 2027
07
January
Virtual Event
Learning Through a Continuous Provision Approach – Strengthening Early Years Teaching
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Explore how a continuous provision approach can create rich, inclusive and engaging opportunities for all children to learn through play, considering how enabling indoor and outdoor environments support curiosity, inde...11
January
Virtual Event
Things I Wish I Knew About the Emotional Environment of Early Years Settings
Stronger Practice Hub Event
This session focuses on understanding the emotional environment in Early Childhood Education and Care settings and its impact on leadership and children's personal, social, and emotional development. Participants will ...20
January
Virtual Event
Authentic, Ambitious and Values-Based Leadership
Stronger Practice Hub Event
A session offering the opportunity to consider your own beliefs, values and ambitions for leadership within the context of leadership theories and frameworks, particularly through times of change. Encourages reflection...February 2027
03
February
Virtual Event
Leadership Matters Network (February 2027)
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Leadership Matters is a termly online network for early years leaders across the region to connect, share best practice and grow together in a supportive, collaborative space. It's an opportunity to exchange practical ...09
February
Virtual Event
Courageous Conversations - Leadership
Stronger Practice Hub Event
A session exploring what stops us from having hard conversations, considering different ways of approaching and leading them, and providing space to practice. Offers a variety of strategies to apply to that next tricky...March 2027
10
March
Virtual Event
Staff Supervision and Coaching – Leadership
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Supervision is an effective tool to support staff wellbeing, accountability and ambition in a school or setting, and the EYFS Statutory Framework requires providers to put appropriate supervision arrangements in place....
