Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition

New guidance helping early years providers offer healthy, balanced and nutritious food.

This guidance is for early years providers in England who are caring for early years children aged 0 to 5 years.

It supports providers in meeting the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework requirement ‘Where children are provided with meals, snacks and drinks, these must be healthy, balanced and nutritious’.

From September 2025, the EYFS statutory framework will include a safeguarding and welfare requirement that asks providers to follow this nutrition guidance unless there is good reason not to.

To view the guidance in full please visit: Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition – GOV.UK