Month: September 2026

The new Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Handbook was published on the 17th of September. This guidance is intended to help teachers to complete the EYFS profile assessment. We are also running fully funded workshops in October.

The EYQL shows all the qualifications that are approved by the Department for Education (DfE) as full and relevant for working as a qualified member of staff in an early years setting in England. It is now available as an online web view format which replaces the previous spreadsheet-based version and provides a more accessible way for users to search, view and understand qualification information online.

A new Information Sharing Duty Statutory Guidance came into effect in September 2026, bringing greater clarity about when information should be shared to help safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Useful resources, updates, and wider service signposting which we hope you may find useful in keeping children, young people and staff as healthy as possible.

Devon County Council is excited to offer you free, premium access to EasyPeasy – an app full of parenting tips, advice and activities for you and your 0-5 year old.

The Pip Centre, South Molton, in partnership with Devon County Council, is inviting Expressions of Interest from established and/or new early years and childcare providers to operate from The Pip Centre, South Molton.

If you are a childminder, you must tell Ofsted within 14 days about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home where you look after children.

View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.

Important update for early years providers – from September 2026, the Early Years and Childcare Service will introduce a new Early Years Single Request for Support (EYSRfS) process. This will provide a single route for accessing early years inclusion support and funding, replacing the previous approach where providers needed to identify and access different services separately.

Early years professionals are encouraged to respond as your experience will help inform the government’s vision for a reformed funding system and its proposals for transition in 2027–28. The early years funding consultation closes on 14 September.