The Department for Education offers free resources, activities and support articles for people working in early years via Help for Early Years Providers. Find helpful…
This free online training by the Department for Education is written by early years experts and aims to build and strengthen early years educators’ knowledge…
SEN and Disability in the Early Years Toolkit Children and the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) produced a toolkit for SEN and disability in the early years….
Public Health England (PHE) and the Department for Education’s (DfE) Best Start in Speech, Language and Communication Programme aims to improve the rate of…
Registration is now open for the National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL). The programme is designed for current and aspiring early years leaders who…
The EY funding consultation closes at midnight on Monday 14 September. Early years professionals are encouraged to respond as your experience will help inform the government’s…
On 1st September 2026, updates to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework came into force for childminders and for group and school-based providers….
Updated EYFS frameworks for childminders and group and school-based providers were published in July 2026. Those updated EYFS frameworks come into force today, 1 September 2026. From this…
