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Pre-school Learning Alliance

April 10, 2024

The Pre-school Learning Alliance (PLA) is an early-years educational registered charity and a voluntary sector provider of childcare for young children in England.[1][2]

Introduction edit

The Pre-school Learning Alliance (the Alliance) is the largest early years membership organisation and voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England. An educational charity, the Alliance represents the interests of over 14,000 member settings who deliver care and learning to over 800,000 families every year.

The Alliance employs over 2,000 national and local staff and is supported by more than 750 volunteers every year. They directly contribute towards the care and well-being of very young children and their families in England.

A registered charity, the Alliance was established by parent volunteers in 1961 and has grown significantly since then.

The Alliance believes that children learn best through play and first-hand child-led experiences, involving exploration and discovery, which encourage their development and learning.

Families are involved in every aspect of service planning and delivery and they encourage parental involvement through consultation, parent-led fundraising events, open days, outings and family learning.

Early days edit

In 1961 a reader of the Manchester Guardian, Belle Tutaev, pointed out the inadequacy of state-provided nursery education in the UK. She set up her own playgroup by co-operating with a neighbour. Her suggested Nursery School Campaign resulted the formation of the Pre-School Playgroups Association (PPA) on 16 July 1962.[3][4][5][6]

The PPA received a grant that year from the Nuffield Foundation, and in 1966 from the Department of Education and Science, at which point 600 groups were affiliated.[7] The Plowden Report of 1967 recognised the value of playgroups.[8]

The PLA edit

A change of name to Pre-school Learning Alliance occurred in 1995, and followed organisational changes.[9] A further more recent change of name to Early Years Alliance has since taken place.

References edit

  1. ^ Fitzgerald, Damien; Janet Kay (2007). Working Together in Children's Services. Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84312-467-2.
  2. ^ charitiesdirect.com Archived 2012-07-30 at archive.today
  3. ^ Jeger, Lena (19 September 2002). "Obituary: Mary Stott". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ Changing Curriculum for Early Childhood Education in England
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  6. ^ Elizabeth Wilson, Only Halfway to Paradise: women in postwar Britain, 1945-1968 (1980), p. 183; Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Nanette Whitbread, The Evolution of the Nursery-infant School: a history of infant and nursery education in Britain, 1800-1970 (1972), p. 115; Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Katherine M. Hirst, Cathy Nutbrown, Perspectives on Early Childhood Education: contemporary research (2005), p. 14; Google Books.
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-23.

Nursery World article celebrating 50 years of the Alliance in 2011 http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1095847/analysis-pre-school-learning-alliance-happy-birthday-pla

Further reading edit

  • Brenda Crowe (1973), The Playgroup Movement

External links edit

  • PPA timeline

April 10, 2024
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