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Month: October 2025

  • Communicating with babies and toddlers – online training sessions for all early year staff working with babies and toddlers

    Posted on 2 October 2025 in News and updates

    Online monthly sessions around communicating with babies and toddlers will be taking place on a Thursday evening at 6pm– 7pm, hosted by Alice Thornton, a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist.

  • Share your experiences and help shape the future of the Early Years Pupil Premium

    Posted on 2 October 2025 in News and updates

    The Education Endowment Foundation is inviting early years settings to take part in a short survey about their experiences of the Early Years Pupil Premium. Please submit responses by 24 October.

  • Food brought in from home (packed lunch) policies

    Posted on 2 October 2025 in News and updates

    Since September 2025, early years providers have been required to have regard to the Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition guidance. If your setting has chosen to implement a policy on food brought in from home, the DfE wants to hear your questions and early concerns about how implementing the policy is working in practice. Please submit questions by 13 October.

  • Free online training from The Smallest Things premature baby charity

    Posted on 2 October 2025 in News and updates

    The Smallest Things premature baby charity have launched their Prem Aware Award scheme and teamed up with the University of Leicester and PRISM study team to incorporate free online training.

  • Cyber security in early years settings

    Posted on 2 October 2025 in News and updates

    The recent cyber-attack on a UK nursery has highlighted just how vulnerable all organisations can be and how important it is to have that ‘it could happen here’ mindset when it comes to cyber security. Read more for useful tips and guidance.

  • Early years and childcare job adverts – w/c 29/09/2025

    Posted on 2 October 2025 in News and updates

    View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.

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