A good place to be two: developing quality environments indoors and outdoors. This booklet covers all aspects of the environment indoors and out for two-year-olds. 

All about me @ 2 working with two-year-olds 2024. Current guidance to support Early Years practitioners and teachers working with two-year-olds.

A Summary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, or UNCRC, is the basis of all UNICEF’s work and is regarded as the most complete statement of children’s rights ever produced.

Audit of MUSTs in the EYFS 2024 for Childminders

Audit of MUSTs in the EYFS 2024 for group and school-based providers

Best beginnings in the early years is a proposal for a new early years guarantee to give all children in England the best start in life.

Better Health - Start 4 Life. Trusted NHS advice during pregnancy, birth and parenthood.

Birth to Five Matters is a non-statutory guidance being developed by the sector for the sector, in response to the governments reforms to the EYFS.

Communication friendly spaces. This guidance paper looks at the way colour in the learning environment can impact on learning and development.

Cultural capital. This article includes practical ideas to help practitioners support and value children’s cultures.

Development Matters non-statutory curriculum guidance for the EYFS non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage. This document has been developed by Dr Julian Grenier, in consultation with a range of professionals across the early years sector.

Disclosure and barring service (DBS) checks: childcare providers. Guidance on basic DBS checks including how to apply, the cost and what information is disclosed on a basic certificate.

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) An accessible summary of educational, providing guidance on how to improve learning outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children.

Education inspection framework. This framework sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles and the main judgements that inspectors make.

Education inspection framework evaluation plan and theory of change. As part of the Ofsted strategy 2022-27, Ofsted will be evaluating the Education inspection framework. This document sets out their programme of evaluation.

Early excellence free guides and audits Download a free copy of the audit tool from Early Excellence and check out the quality of your provision.

Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework This document outlines the standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.

Early years inspection handbook for Ofsted registered provision. This handbook is a guide to the main activities undertaken by inspectors when carrying out inspections of early years providers.

Early years outdoor learning: a toolkit for developing early years outdoor provision – Norfolk Council. This document is designed as a toolkit to support practitioners and teachers when they are developing or reflecting upon their outdoor learning environment.

Early years practitioner wellbeing support. Get ideas on how to support the mental health and wellbeing of yourself and other practitioners working in your early years setting.

Early years qualifications list Find out if a person’s qualifications allow them to work in an early years setting and if they can be included in staff: child ratios.

Help for early years providers. Find guidance and practical support to help you with the changes to the EYFS. These resources are for childminders, nursery leaders and pre-school practitioners.

How I grow and learn – my journey to school. Suggestions for parents / carers to ensure their child develops well throughout their early years. School readiness guide 2022 (shropshire.gov.uk)

Inclusion development programme: supporting children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties Inclusion Development Programme - Supporting children with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties. This document focuses on supporting all children in developing behavioural, emotional and social skills.

Inclusion development programme: supporting children with speech, language and communication needs behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. This document is relevant to all practitioners, teachers, managers and leaders working within the EYFS, in improving provision for all children, especially for children with speech, language and communication needs.

Independent schools inspection handbook. Ofsted guidance on inspecting non-association independent schools in England under the education inspection framework.

Integrated reviews further information on carrying out integrated health and education reviews for children aged 2 to 3. Integrated reviews combine the EYFS progress check at age 2 and the health visitor 2 year old health check.

Little Moments Together This campaign aims to educate parents and carers about the importance of brain development in the first five years of a child’s life, and the crucial role they can play.

Making effective use of early years pupil premium. Suggestions on how to make effective use of EYPP and PP to support the children in your school or setting.

Multicultural Development Team (MDT) is part of Telford & Wrekin’s School Performance and Development Team. Covering both Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire, we provide support to schools working with pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL). We offer expertise in working with children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Ofsted: early years blog
This blog is about education and care in children’s early years. It will update you on developments in the early years sector and will feature current issues.

Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officer A report from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health.

Prevent duty guidance for England and Wales. The Prevent duty is the duty in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 on specified authorities, in the exercise of their functions, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

Progress check at two – non-statutory guidance (2022). This document is intended to support practitioners within early years settings who are undertaking the EYFS progress check at age two.

Safer sleeping for babies away from home. Adapted safer sleeping advice based on different situations.

School inspection handbook. This handbook describes the main activities carried out during inspections of maintained schools and academies in England under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.

Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years. Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0-25.

Speech and Language UK Check out the range of free resources for educators and professionals to help you support children with facing challenges with talking and understanding.

The best start for life: a vision for the 1001 critical days. This publication sets out a vision for brilliance in the 1001 critical days from conception to age 2 which is a unique period for a baby, setting the foundations for lifelong emotional and physical wellbeing.

The Lullaby Trust - Safer sleep for babies, Support for families raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies.

Tiny happy people. Find activities here for babies, toddlers and children to help develop their communication skills.

Training, qualifications, support and guidance. Access free workforce training, qualifications, support and guidance to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the youngest and most disadvantaged children.

Understanding your child – the Solihull Approach. In Shropshire we offer a programme of two-day foundation training in the Solihull approach to professionals who are working with and supporting families as part of their everyday practice.

What happens in the baby room? Guidance to support under -2s practitioners working in the baby room.

What to expect in the early years: a guide for parents. This guide is for parents and carers of children from birth to five years old, helping them to find out more about their child’s learning and development in the EYFS.

Working to Safeguard Children. a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Working with the revised Early Years Foundation Stage: principles into practice by Dr Julian Grenier (2021) This document will help practitioners to reflect on and develop their practice, when working within the Early Years Foundation Stage.