This month’s content provides new and important information on the revised Early Years Foundation Stage safeguarding reforms. With just over a month before the changes come into place on the 1st of September, we have another in-depth interview with Rachel and Kathy Brodie from Early Years TV all about the reforms. This can be found in the Learning Community section on the dashboard.
We have also updated our safeguarding and child protection compliance and best practice audit to include all the reform changes and added a downloadable planning template to use with the audit to recognise gaps and record any actions needing to be taken.
A link to the Early Years Foundation Stage government consultation response document has been added to the safeguarding and child protection section. Once the EYFS framework is updated the consultation document will no longer be needed. Changes will therefore be recognised in a new EYFS which can be found in the legislation and guidance section.
A new safeguarding conversation interview between Rachel and social workers from a complex safeguarding team all about child criminal exploitation can be found in the learning community section.
Links to 2 key developments in the risk assessment section include:
- Martyn’s Law Factsheet: The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 also known as Martyn’s Law.
- Early Years Foundation Stage Nutrition Guidance.