Ready to take on SEN responsibility in your room?
Taking the lead on SEN in your room needs more than good instincts. The Code of Practice, the four areas of need and the graduated approach explained.
News & guides
Talking about gender with the under-fives
Young children are forming their sense of gender now. How practitioners can handle questions calmly, challenge stereotypes and support every child and family with confidence.
What the Equality Act asks of a nursery team
The Equality Act 2010 sets clear duties for every nursery team. Understand the nine protected characteristics, the four types of discrimination and everyday inclusive practice.
The partnership that starts at the front door
The home learning environment shapes children's development more than any other factor. How to build genuine two-way partnerships with every family at your setting.
Eight dimensions of wellbeing, one ordinary nursery day
Wellbeing is more than a buzzword. Understand its eight dimensions, the link with mental health and how to support children's wellbeing within the EYFS.
The child who arrives braced
Adverse childhood experiences shape how some children arrive at nursery. Understanding ACEs turns puzzling behaviour into something your team can actually help with.
Why safeguarding training still talks about the toxic trio
What the toxic trio means, how domestic abuse, mental ill health and substance misuse interact, and how early years practitioners can spot the patterns early.
Domestic abuse and the children who see everything
Domestic abuse harms children even when they are not the direct victims. How early years staff can recognise the signs and raise concerns with confidence.
Early Language Development: Beyond the Basics
Throughout my twenty years as a speech and language specialist working in early years settings across the UK, I’ve observed remarkable transformations…
FGM awareness in the early years: a calm, factual guide
A factual look at female genital mutilation as a safeguarding issue, the indicators practitioners should know and the legal responsibilities early years settings hold.