Help for early years providers

Guidance for people who work in early years, from the Department for Education.

Early years child development training

This free online training provides an overview of child development and offers practical advice for supporting children in your setting.

Learn more and enrol

Areas of learning

Find information about each area of learning in the EYFS and get ideas for activities you can do with early years children.

• Communication and language
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design

Get help to improve your practice

• Overview
• Curriculum planning
• Reducing paperwork
• Working in partnership with parents and carers
• English as an additional language (EAL)
• Meeting the needs of all children
• Sensory food education
• Integrated reviews
• Early years practitioner wellbeing support
• Training, qualifications, support and guidance
• Changes to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) framework: January 2024

Safeguarding and welfare

• Oral health
• Food safety
• Internet safety
• Mental health for early years children

Other useful resources

Changes to the early years foundation stage framework

Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage

Development Matters, non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage

Guidance on completing the EYFS progress check at age 2