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ExploreEarly Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Training
The early years shape everything that follows. Strong EYFS practice gives children the best possible start, but the framework, the curriculum, and the expectations keep evolving. This training helps your early years team deliver high-quality provision that meets the statutory framework and helps every child reach a good level of development.
Below, we explain what our EYFS training involves, and how it helps your youngest children thrive.
What Is Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Training?
It’s practical training that helps early years staff strengthen their practice across the EYFS. We cover the statutory framework, the prime and specific areas of learning, effective provision and environment, and the latest safeguarding and assessment requirements.
We ground it in what good early years practice really looks like day to day, and tailor it to your setting, whether you’re a nursery, a reception class, or an early years unit.
Who Is This Training For?
It’s designed for all education settings with early years provision: maintained schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts, and nursery and reception teams. It suits EYFS leaders, class teachers, and support staff. Trusts often run it across schools to raise early years quality.
Many schools ask for it to strengthen reception provision, prepare for inspection, or embed the latest EYFS framework and safeguarding changes.
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What Does the Training Cover?
We shape the content around your priorities. You can book a whole-school INSET, a group session, or focused one-to-one support. Our most common areas include:
- The EYFS statutory framework and what’s changed
- The prime and specific areas of learning
- Creating an effective learning environment
- The characteristics of effective learning
- Communication, language, and early literacy
- The latest EYFS safeguarding requirements
- Supporting children with SEND in the early years
- Transition into Key Stage 1
How This Training Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
1
Give children a strong start
Your team learns to deliver high-quality early years provision. Children build the foundations that shape everything after.
2
Meet the statutory framework
We keep your team current with the EYFS framework and its latest requirements, including safeguarding.
3
Raise the quality of provision
Staff learn what excellent early years practice looks like and how to create it in their setting.
4
Improve good level of development
Stronger provision helps more children reach a good level of development by the end of reception.
5
Support the youngest with SEND
We show staff how to identify and support additional needs early, when it makes the biggest difference.
6
Prepare for inspection
Inspectors look closely at early years. Your team will be confident and ready.
7
Smooth the transition to Year 1
We help your team prepare children well for the next stage of their learning.
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How the Training Works
- 1We talk with you to understand your context, your staff, and what you want to change.
- 2We tailor the content to your setting, your phase, and your improvement priorities.
- 3We work in your setting where it helps, so the training reflects your environment and your children.
- 4We deliver the training in person or online, in a way that fits your calendar.
- 5We give you practical resources and tools your staff can use straight away.
- 6We follow up to help you embed the learning, so it sticks and changes classroom practice.
What Your Staff Get
Every participant comes away with more than notes. They get:
- Clear, practical strategies they can use in the next lesson
- A shared language and consistent approach across the team
- Ready-to-use resources, tools, and templates
- The confidence to put the training into practice
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Key Features of Our Training
Framework-current
We keep your team up to date with the EYFS statutory framework and its changes.
Tailored to your setting
We shape the training around your provision, your team, and your priorities.
Whole-school, group, or individual
Book an INSET, an EYFS team session, or coaching. We adapt to you.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We know how much the early years matter, and what high-quality EYFS practice takes. Our training helps your youngest children thrive, with every decision staying focused on children.
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Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to one of our experts. We’ll explain how we work, answer your questions, and help you shape the right training for your staff.
- We agree dates and delivery that suit your calendar, in person or online, and confirm everything in writing.
- Contact us today to discuss how we can support your school, academy, trust, and alternative provision.
- We’re ready to help and support you.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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