Have you had a look at the draft Birth to 5 Matters guidance? They want to know: ❓Does the draft maintain continuity with the original guidance? ❓Has it improved? ❓Are the new sections both accessible and useful? Be sure to have your say👇 Survey closes 20th April. 🔗 Draft - https://lnkd.in/eemgsDRZ 🔗 Survey - https://lnkd.in/eQcdKnpD
Tapestry
Education
The Childhood Education Platform - Nurturing Children, Educators and Families
About us
Tapestry has the tools you need for the day-to-day running of your setting or school, so you can focus on what matters the most: your children, families, and staff – your community. Created by educators for educators, we’re the original and leading Childhood Education Platform celebrating children and engaging families through Early Years and Key Stage 1 and 2, in mainstream and SEND provision.
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External link for Tapestry
- Industry
- Education
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Founded
- 2012
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White System, Black Therapist: What Warda Farah Wants Early Years Educators to Consider In this powerful piece, Warda Farah challenges how speech and language are understood in early years settings, and who those systems truly serve. Too often, children are labelled “behind” before they are fully understood. But what if: - Our assessments aren’t neutral? - Our definitions of “normal” are shaped by bias? - And our systems are measuring children against the wrong standards? Drawing on lived experience and professional insight, this article pushes us to rethink what we value in children’s communication, and how quickly we pathologise difference. A few key reflections: - Lived experience must sit alongside theory - Labels can limit before learning begins - “Delay” often reflects adult expectations - Bias is embedded, not accidental - Communication is broader than what we measure This is essential reading for anyone working in early years, SEND, or speech and language. 🔗 Read the full article and reflect on your own practice - https://lnkd.in/e2wZ6uUh
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Read Warda's brilliant new article here: https://lnkd.in/e2wZ6uUh
In White Sysetm Black Therapist I write about a boy who had just entered school and was quickly understood through deficit. His speech was questioned, his language marked as wrong. But when I sat with him, I saw a child whose learning lived in story, in movement, in relationship. He was not lacking. He was being read through a system that did not know how to see him.That realisation does not stay contained. It opens everything. Because it asks us to look again at the systems we trust. The assessments we rely on. The language we use to describe children. In my wider work, particularly in my research on standardised testing in speech and language therapy, I have traced these practices back to their roots, and what becomes clear is not comfortable. These assessments are not neutral tools. They are shaped by histories of eugenics and colonial thinking, where language and intelligence were used to rank human beings against an imagined ideal, one rooted in whiteness. Standardised testing, in this sense, has always been about more than understanding children. It has been about measuring distance from a norm, creating categories of normal and disordered, and legitimising those categories through the language of objectivity. What we now call Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) sits within that legacy. These are not simply clinical descriptions; they are constructed through systems that privilege certain ways of speaking and being, while rendering others as lacking. So when we say a child is behind, we have to ask: behind what? And when we say a child has a disorder, we have to ask: according to whose language? These questions matter, especially for Black and racialised children, who are more likely to be misread through these systems. Their language is more likely to be pathologised, their difference more likely to be interpreted as deficit. This is also why I have had to think deeply about the field itself. Speech and language therapy, like many professions, remains largely white. And with that comes a particular set of perspectives that are often positioned as authoritative, as evidence-based, as beyond question. NB*** The issue is that these frameworks disproportionately shape the experiences of Black children and families, who are often least considered in the research yet most impacted by its application. When work begins to challenge this, to trace these practices back to colonial histories, to centre race, to ask uncomfortable questions about diagnosis and power, there is often resistance. You can Read blog for Tapestry here, Big thanks to Stephen Kilgour for nudging me to write it 👇🏿 👇🏿 👇🏿 https://lnkd.in/eAPADbjm Get book 👇🏿 👇🏿 👇🏿 https://lnkd.in/eRCT7rN4
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📣 The draft revised Birth to 5 Matters guidance is ready! We’re proud to be sponsoring the guidance review and to have the chance to help shape it. Are they on the right track? Have your say - the draft review survey is open until the 20th of April. 🔗 Draft - https://lnkd.in/eemgsDRZ 🔗 Survey - https://lnkd.in/eQcdKnpD
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Q: Why Are We Here? 👀 A: The Glitter and The Glimmers ✨ 🏗️ Early Years educators are the 'architects of the future', and yet a recent survey carried out by Tapestry found that 93% of those same architects feel undervalued. 📰 In my latest article out now in Parenta magazine, I explore the duality of the early years educator role, which is simultaneously rewarding and exhausting, stressful yet fulfilling. Read the full article in the comments below ⬇️ #EarlyYears #EarlyYearsMatters #TwinklEarlyYears
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The early years lay the foundation for lifelong learning, wellbeing, and opportunity. We’re pleased to share the Early Years Matter Campaign to help raise awareness - if you value the importance of early years, you can sign the petition below 👇
Calling all our new followers and Early Years education advocates 👋 In just THREE weeks, our government petition has reached nearly 25,000 signatures - an incredible milestone that shows just how much this matters. We’re so close to hitting 25,000 signatures. With a strong push this evening, I know we can get there. It takes less than 30 seconds to sign and 2 seconds to share - but the impact could be lasting. Please take a moment, add your name, and help amplify our message. Share with colleagues, friends, and anyone who believes in the value of Early Years 📢 Let’s make sure our voices are heard. Because we are more than "just childcare.” https://lnkd.in/e6yvtp9p
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Exciting news! Tapestry will be at Nursery World’s Big Day Out 2026! Tapestry is the leading childhood education platform, bringing educators and families together to strengthen parent partnerships and keep each child's unique learning and development at the heart of practice. Working across early years and primary settings, both in mainstream and SEND provision, Tapestry supports child-led monitoring and planning, empowers staff to continually develop and reflect on their practice, and streamlines day-to-day management operations. Taking place on 15th May 2026 at Business Design Centre, London Register here ➡️ https://ow.ly/YrFG50Ymltb
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60% of Early Years professionals say they would still recommend the sector. Despite feeling: 📉 Undervalued 💰 Underpaid 😔 Under-recognised So, if that’s the reality… why do we stay? And the bigger question... Would you recommend a career in Early Years today? 👇 We’d love to hear your thoughts. Tune in to Tapestry's 200th podcast on all listening platforms & YouTube now🎙️ https://lnkd.in/exrVE_bb
200 Conversations Later: Big Ideas & Memorable Moments
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On way home from another fantastic Childcare & Education Expo event in London. Was so nice to catch up with new and existing customers, getting feedback about the new look, new features and new apps. Enjoyed being able to share lots of our coming soon features such as medication and incident forms, as well as the much anticipated Tapestry Pay! Another highlight was hosting the panel discussion with Hayley, Rachna and Richard. Even though the others had never met, the discussions they had were great and will lead to the attendees taking something back to their settings to try when bridging the gap between digital and physical play. Thanks too go to Katherine Meyrick, Giovanna Fossella, Helen Edwards and Stephen Edwards who joined me on the stand and made the whole time great fun! (even though they made me do some TikToks!) Now to get ready for the next event, the Nursery World's Big Day Out in May.
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The Tapestry team are ready to welcome everyone at Childcare & Education Expo today and tomorrow. Come and say hi to us on stand F14! Giovanna Fossella Katherine Meyrick
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