Support your practice with free early years child development training
The Department for Education’s Early years child development training is a free, online programme designed by early years experts to support practitioners working with children from birth to reception.
This flexible online training will help you to:
- Build and strengthen your child development knowledge
- Get practical advice and ideas to support children in your setting, including reception classes
- Reflect on your practice and test your knowledge
- Learn from practical training videos filmed in early years and reception settings
- Access modules in any order, at any time
- Download a certificate on completion of each module
The programme includes 8 modules, covering key areas such as:
- Brain development and how children learn
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Communication and language
- Physical development
- Mathematics
- Effective curriculum and assessment
- Supporting individual differences and needs
Early years child development training : About training
The training has recently been updated to include:
- Additional videos and practical advice for supporting children in reception
- Guidance on supporting the EYFS profile assessment
Who this training is for
This training is for practitioners working with children in any type of early years setting, including:
- childminders
- nursery practitioners
- reception teachers and teaching assistants
The training is for anyone who is new to early years and looking to build their child development knowledge. However, it is also useful for anyone looking to refresh their knowledge.
Access the training:
Visit the Early years child development training to register or sign-in if you already have an account: Early years child development training : Home page