Ms Kayla Halls


Ms Kayla Halls
NameMs Kayla Halls
Job titleResearch Fellow-Baby Room
Research institute
Primary appointmentEducation
Email addressk.halls@mdx.ac.uk
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Supervision

Education and qualifications

Grants

Projects

  • Achieving high-quality provision for babies among childminders in England
  • Reimagining babyhood through space and time with(in) Forest School

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

A Froebelian-inspired vision of professional learning in early childhood education and care

Halls, K. and Sakr, M. 2026. A Froebelian-inspired vision of professional learning in early childhood education and care. Journal of Early Childhood Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X251406875

Being attuned: high-quality baby rooms – what they look like and how we get there

Bonetti, S., Sakr, M. and Halls, K. 2025. Being attuned: high-quality baby rooms – what they look like and how we get there. Nursery World. 2025 (11), pp. 18-19. https://doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2025.11.18

Social purpose and pedagogy in the baby room of UK nurseries: exploring the what, how and why of working with 0-2 year olds

Sakr, M. and Halls, K. 2026. Social purpose and pedagogy in the baby room of UK nurseries: exploring the what, how and why of working with 0-2 year olds. Early Childhood Education Journal. 54 (1), pp. 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01792-9

Constructions of babyhood among baby room leaders in the UK

Halls, K. and Sakr, M. 2024. Constructions of babyhood among baby room leaders in the UK. Journal of Early Childhood Research. 23 (1), pp. 18-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X241279348

'Dissensus’ and the emergence of activist leadership in the baby room of UK early childhood settings

Sakr, M. and Halls, K. 2026. 'Dissensus’ and the emergence of activist leadership in the baby room of UK early childhood settings. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. 21 (1), pp. 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/17461979241241514

'Nobody left behind': barriers to engagement in early years digitally mediated leadership development

Halls, K., Sakr, M. and Cooper, K. 2024. 'Nobody left behind': barriers to engagement in early years digitally mediated leadership development. Early Years. 45 (1), pp. 75-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2024.2308099

Early Years leadership development during workforce crisis: perspectives of 24 UK training providers

Sakr, M., Halls, K. and Cooper, K. 2024. Early Years leadership development during workforce crisis: perspectives of 24 UK training providers. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal . 32 (1), pp. 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2023.2234108
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