We want to make sure children have the best start in life. As part of this, we regulate early years providers to make sure they’re providing safe and secure environments for children to develop and learn in. This means making …| Ofsted: early years
The Department for Education (DfE) recently published guidance for local authorities on the use of EYPP. The Education Endowment Fund (EEF) has also published guidance for early years providers. This blog will discuss how we look at the use of …| Ofsted: early years
We know that keeping children safe and happy is the biggest priority for all of you in the early years and childcare sector. Caring for young children in a safe environment helps them to develop the skills they need as …| Ofsted: early years
In November 2024, we completed our annual programme of Best Start in Life Curriculum Roadshows on the prime areas of learning. In this blog we reflect on where our roadshows have taken us this year, what we spoke about, and …| Ofsted: early years
In May, we published a blog about the upcoming changes for childminders this autumn. The Department for Education is now bringing in these changes on 1 November 2024 to give the early years sector (in particular childminders) more flexibility. These …| Ofsted: early years
In this blog, we’ll set out who needs to submit an EY2 form and give you some tips on completing it, which will help us process your submission quickly and efficiently. Do I need to complete an EY2 form? If …| Ofsted: early years
It’s Childminding Week, and we want to recognise the excellent work of childminders like you. Thank you for all that you do to give families much-needed flexibility, and children the best start in life. Almost all of you do this …| Ofsted: early years
We know that many of you in the early years sector continue to face significant challenges, especially around recruiting and keeping well-qualified staff. In this blog, we will highlight: some of the ways these workforce challenges are evident when we …| earlyyears.blog.gov.uk
In this blog, we take you through the changes we’ve made to our guidance on registering and inspecting school-based provision to reflect how we are seeing early years or childcare provision being delivered. Our updated guidance offers clearer definitions and …| educationinspection.blog.gov.uk
Across the board, the Development Matters framework is available to support and guide nursery practitioners, together with the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage framework (EYFS).| Learning Journals
We look at some of the things DfE should consider when providing schools with comparative analysis of the percentage of pupils reaching a good level of development (GLD) at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.| FFT Education Datalab
Primary schools can now apply for the first phase of funding, with up to £150,000 of £15 million available to support up to 300 new or expanded nurseries to be open by September 2025. But what are school-based nurseries and who will benefit? Here’s everything you need to know.| The Education Hub
Here we explain the 30 hours funded childcare scheme for working parents and the 15 hours scheme for families on certain benefits, how to access them and apply.| The Education Hub
The Princess of Wales has helped the launch of series of films to support children’s development, developed by the Centre for Early Childhoos| The Crown Chronicles
In celebration of National Careers Week, our students were invited to multiple talks and workshops across the college dedicated to providing students with careers guidance and insights into their future pathways. The post National Careers Week 2025 appeared first on Brooklands Technical College.| Brooklands Technical College
This paper considers how a simple resource can support object learning for young children with low science capital in school groups. The resource was successful by encouraging children’s movement and gestures in relation to objects. It is argued that a focus on movement and gesturing is of particular importance for low science capital young children as such embodied cognition does not require specific understanding or vocabulary. The post See, move, wonder: supporting young children with lo...| Articles Archive - Science Museum Group Journal
Earlier this month, we launched a public consultation on our new approach to inspecting education providers. This includes new toolkits for how we will inspect, and the introduction of report cards. We want to hear from parents, carers, learners and …| educationinspection.blog.gov.uk
Need outdoor activities for the warmer months? Here are some budget-friendly ideas for getting your preschool children active outside.| First Discoverers
An influential and respected childcare professional whose books are well-known, Kathy Brodie talks to First Discoverers about some current issues. In an interview crammed with common sense, she discusses subjects such as the impact of early years teachers, supporting children as they learn about risk, and the absurdity of adopting a negative stance on new […] The post Interview with Early Years Author Kathy Brodie appeared first on First Discoverers.| First Discoverers
Author June O’Sullivan is a committed standard-bearer for early years, social business and child poverty, and her role as CEO of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) affords her ample opportunity to address all three causes. Awarded an MBE in 2013 for her services to London’s children, June offers First Discoverers some thoughtful childcare reflections […] The post Interview with LEYF’s June O’Sullivan MBE appeared first on First Discoverers.| First Discoverers
This is the second post on early years assessment. The first is here. Imagine the government decided they wanted children to be taught to be more loving. Perhaps the powers that be could decide to…| Esse Quam Videri
The academic year my daughter was three she attended two different nursery settings. She took away two quite different EYFS assessments, one from each setting, at the end of the year. The disagreem…| Esse Quam Videri
