Childcare & Education Expo London 2027
5 March 2027
Olympia London, London, United Kingdom
Childcare & Education Expo London is a free-to-attend early years education event held over two days at Excel London, bringing together nursery owners, directors, senior leaders, managers and practitioners. It combines an exhibition of suppliers with CPD-accredited seminars on the Main Stage and Business Stage, workshops and a Share & Support Hub, covering topics such as SEND and inclusion, Ofsted and the EYFS, leadership, workforce, and business and recruitment.
20 sessions · 50 speakers
Organiser (1)
Sponsors (6)
Owen Froebel · Funding Loop · Morton Michel · Childcare Marketing · Bright Unicorns Digital · Tickit
Association Partners (5)
CoramPACEY · nasen · NDNA · Early Years Alliance · Naace
Exhibitors (19)
HelloFresh · Community Playthings · Maped Helix · Blue Sky Fostering · University of Hertfordshire · Cosy · Petit Wagon · Littlemagictrain · B Squared Ltd · TTS · Safe2Sharp · Tapestry · MOE · Elklan Training · Ypo · ESPO · Speech and Language UK · Famly · Interactive365
Supporting Partners (3)
Creative Steps · Montessori Global Education · The CPD Group
Speakers (50)
- Alistair Bryce-Clegg MBE Founder, ABC Does Ltd
- Nigel Rolfe Sales Director, Childcare Marketing
- Alexandra Chiorando Early years teacher, consultant and trainer; Founder, Marmalade Early Years Consultancy
- Paul Waugh MP Minister for Early Education
- Tim McLachlan CEO, National Day Nurseries Association
- Alice Sharp Owner, Alice Sharp Ltd
- Arike Disu Founder & Director, Fountain Montessori
- Ben Kingston-Hughes Managing Director, Inspired Children
- Carlie Powell Headteacher, Growing Places
- Carol Murdoch Director, Love Outdoor Learning
- Caroline Nègre Director & Owner, Raphael Nursery
- Cary Rankin CEO, The Mulberry Bush Nursery
- Catherine Mole MBE Chief Executive, Dingley's Promise
- Catherine Stoneman UK CEO, Kido Schools UK
- Charlotte Ng Director & Founder, Earthlings Outdoor Learning Services
- Cheryl Hadland Founder and Chair, Tops Day Nurseries, Shoots Training, GECCO
- Chevon Henry CEO & Founder, Bright Unicorns Digital
- Clare Roberts OBE Chief Executive Officer, Kids Planet Day Nurseries
- Dhanvanti Deshmukh Nursery Manager, London Early Years Foundation
- Ellie Mason Early Years and Inclusion Advisor, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Emma Goodall Head of Quality Assurance, Storal
- Gill Jones MBE Group Chief Quality Officer and Safeguarding Lead, Busy Bees Childcare
- Gill Mason Training Academy Director, Kids Planet Day Nurseries
- Julia Hartley Commercial Director, Almas Industries UK
- Ka Lai Brightley-Hodges Head, Coram PACEY
- Karen Clince Chief Executive Officer, Tigers Childcare
- Karl Fice-Thomson Head of Outdoor Learning, The Learning Academy Trust Cornwall
- Karl Ford-Lissenden Head of Technology, Storal
- Leah Turner Co-Founder, Owen Froebel
- Louise Hannan Course Leader and TLC, University Centre Somerset College Group
- Lucy Kaczmarska Chief Operating Officer, Kids Planet Day Nurseries
- Mandy Richardson Managing Director, Naturally Learning
- Maria Goncalves SEND Manager, London Early Years Foundation
- Michael Rosen World-Famous Author, Poet & Presenter
- Michael Thompson Chairman, Childbase Partnership
- Neil Leitch OBE Chief Executive Officer, Early Years Alliance
- Ryan Greenhalgh Head of Safeguarding, Partou
- Sam Fisher Owner, Tithe Barn Preschool
- Sam Sleeman-Boss Head of Early Years, Partou
- Samantha Lovegrove Founder & Director, Little Birds Forest Nurseries
- Sarah Sanger CEO, The Woodentops Nurseries
- Shanti Flynn Director of Quality and Education, Storal Nurseries
- Sophie Hayter Qualification Lead, Kido Schools UK
- Sue Robb OBE Best Start in Life Champion, Department for Education
- Tom Filer CEO, Family Adventures Group
- Tricia Wellings Chief Executive, Bright Kids
- Zoë Raven Chief Executive, Acorn Early Years Foundation
- Caroline Hearn Specialist Adviser for Early Years Regulatory Policy, Ofsted
- Sue Lee Partnership Relationship Director, Morton Michel
- Wendy Ratcliff Principal Officer for Early Education, Ofsted
Agenda
- How to Stop Hijacking Play! 5 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Small Steps, Big Impact: Making Professional Development Count 5 March 2027 · Business Stage
- What Makes A Great Early Years Leader? 5 March 2027 · Business Stage
- The Power of Connection: Supporting Emotional Development in Early Years 5 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Building Safer Nurseries in a Changing Policy Landscape 5 March 2027 · Business Stage
- Creating an Environment Built for Talk 5 March 2027 · Main Stage
- What Does an Effective Early Years Curriculum Really Look Like? 5 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Lessons for Growing Great Childcare Businesses 5 March 2027 · Business Stage
- Ofsted Inspections: What You Really Need to Know 5 March 2027 · Business Stage
- The Community Classroom: Rethinking Outdoor Learning 5 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Why Children Need Joy! 6 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Growing With Purpose: Building Value and a Sustainable Early Years Business 6 March 2027 · Business Stage
- Growing Up in a Digital World 6 March 2027 · Business Stage
- The Power of Playful Language: Building Foundations for Literacy 6 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Rethinking Outdoor Learning in Early Years 6 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Beyond the Basics: Understanding and Improving Quality in Early Years Practice 6 March 2027 · Business Stage
- Legacy Leadership: Building Early Years Organisations That Last 6 March 2027 · Business Stage
- The Power of the Baby Room: Where Care, Connection and Learning Begins 6 March 2027 · Main Stage
- Making Inclusion Work: SEND in the Early Years 6 March 2027 · Business Stage
- A Ministerial Update with Paul Waugh MP 6 March 2027 · Main Stage