Foundation Years – A site to support professionals working with children and families in the foundation years.
DfE – Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
The National Archives – The National Strategies: Early Years Foundation Stage.
Northern Ireland Foundation Stage Curriculum materials.
Education Scotland – early years.
Welsh Assembly Government – early years and Foundation Stage.
Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC) including details of the Effective Early Learning (EEL) Programme and Baby Effective Early Learning (BEEL) Programme for supporting self evaluation and improvement strategies for the early years.
British Association for Early Childhood Education providing support, advice and information on best practice for the education and care of young children from birth to eight.
Early Childhood and Primary Education Department (ECPE) at the Institute of Education for postgraduate study and research into the development and education of children between the ages of 3-11.
Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project is a longitudinal government funded study, focusing on the progress and development of 3,000 children from entering pre-school to the end of Key Stage Two in primary school (from age 3 to 11 years old). Details of extension studies can be found at the same site.
Guidance to support teachers with assessment responsibility to develop their roles.