Information for parents and carers
- Family & Childcare Trust
- Communications Trust
- Every Disabled Child Matters
- Summer Born Campaign
- Too Much Too Soon Campaign
Training to work in the early years
Early Years organisations and campaigns
- TACTYC - Association for the Professional Development of Early Years Educators
UK early childhood education policies
The UK devolves responsibility for early childhood education and care to its constituent jurisdictions: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, each of which have independent legislatures and ministries responsible for early childhood education and care.
Responsibility for early childhood education and care is generally shared between national and local government, with the national government setting the strategic policy direction and local government responsible for its delivery.
Find information about policy in:
- England - Department for Education or Foundation Years
- Scotland - Scottish government or Education Scotland
- Wales - Welsh government
- Northern Ireland - Department of Education Northern Ireland
Useful learning links
Harvard University Center on Developing the Child offers a range of resources including online training modules and guides aimed at practitioners and parents
Archive cine film training reels
To mark Early Education's 90th Anniversary we converted some old cine film training reels from our archive. There are 6 in total, viewable for free on our YouTube channel:
- A typical day at Curzon Crescent Nursery (1955)
- Learning Through Play (1973) by BAECE for 50th Anniversary
- Water Play (1974)
- Block Play (1974)
- Doll Play (1974)
- Sand Play (1974)
If you have other suggestions for useful links, please email us