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With eight Early Years courses available we have something for everyone - from school leavers to room leaders. Our programmes are delivered through flexible and accessible online and in-person training options, tailored to your needs. Find out more: bestpracticenet.co.uk
Play matters. That’s why Boromi - (‘borrow-me’) - are building a national, non-profit Network of Play. Through their evidence-based and multi-award-winning early years Play Libraries, Boromi are working partnership with educational and community settings across the UK to empower parents with children from 0-5+ years to nurture early language and development through playing and talking together.
Find out more: boromi.co.uk
Children need simple, natural environments that promote open-ended, imaginative play. Since 1947 Community Playthings, has designed and manufactured wooden furniture and play equipment, drawing on expertise from childcare professionals across the UK and internationally. Made in our workshops in the UK, the solid wood construction and robust joinery make for products that last decades. Our furniture is mobile, modular and adaptable, enabling you to change and configure your environments to suit the needs of each child and staff member. All items carry our standard 15-year warranty, and we provide free 2-week delivery anywhere in the UK.
Find out more: communityplaythings.co.uk
Coram Life Education is the leading charity provider of health & wellbeing education in the UK.
Through, SCARF Early Years we support the foundational growth of young children, providing settings with resources to support PSED. SCARF supports self-awareness, managing emotions, building social skills, and developing positive relationships. Tailored to the developmental stages of early childhood, this resource provides educators with practical tools and strategies to create a nurturing environment that promotes emotional resilience and social competence, laying the groundwork for lifelong personal and social success.
Find out more: coramlifeeducation.org.uk
Early Education (The British Association for Early Childhood Education) is the longest-established UK-wide membership body for organisations and individuals working in early childhood education. We offer advice and support on pedagogy and practice and campaign on behalf of the sector. Our team of Associates provides evidence-based professional leaning, support and consultancy to schools, settings local authorities and national government. Membership includes regular updates on everything you need to know about early years policy and practice, access to our network of local branches and national events and the opportunity to be part of a wider professional group with a national voice.
Find out more: early-education.org.uk
EntrySign is at the forefront of advanced visitor and contractor management, being the preferred sign-in solution for countless schools and organisations globally. EntrySign are committed to providing the latest innovations, features, and integrations to elevate on-site security, optimise building entry, enhance safety procedures, and improve regulatory compliance. EntrySign empowers organisations with a solution to effortlessly and efficiently sign in, secure and safeguard their people and premises every day.
Find out more: entrysign.co.uk
Kindred² is a charitable foundation dedicated to transforming early childhood development and early education in England and Wales. We operate on the principle that every child is born curious with the potential to grow into a happy, healthy adult. By focusing on the earliest years of life, we work to reduce the attainment gap, shift attention from late-intervention to early-prevention, and equip families, educators and policymakers with the evidence, tools and resources they need.
Find out more: kindredsquared.org.uk
Literacy Counts is the leading literacy solution for primary schools. We improve outcomes for children in reading, writing, spelling and phonics through expert consultancy, bespoke training and strategic school improvement projects. Our research-informed, award-winning Ready Steady Literacy programmes – including Ready Steady Write, Spell, Read Together and Phonics – support consistent, high-quality teaching. Proven to make a measurable difference, our resources are trusted by schools, clusters and MATs nationwide. From whole-school CPD to strategic literacy planning, we empower educators at every level to embed excellence. We work in partnership with MATs and schools to embed sustainable, evidence-based approaches that drive lasting improvement.
Find out more: literacycounts.co.uk
OPAL is an award-winning, mentor supported school improvement programme that addresses all the areas that schools must plan for if they want to strategically and sustainably improve the quality of their play opportunities. OPAL is the only programme of its kind that has been independently proven to sustainably improve the quality of play in British primary schools.
Its success comes from a series of interrelated actions undertaken with specialist support from an OPAL mentor. This embeds play into the school’s policies and practices and establishes clear guiding principles and strategies for initiating lasting changes at playtimes.
Find out more: outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk
Peeple is a UK charity that supports professionals to engage parents, strengthen relationships and improve children's learning and development. We train early years and family support practitioners to deliver our evidence-based Peep programmes to families.
Peep Learning Together values and builds parents’ confidence and knowledge about supporting their young child's learning through play and day-to-day life, enhancing the home learning environment and supporting the transition to nursery or school. Accredited units for practitioners and for parents are available. Peep TALK helps practitioners support parents with early speech, language and communication through conversations, stories and play.
Find out more: peeple.org.uk
Renaissance has been a global leader in education technology for almost 40 years. Our growing family of assessment and practice solutions now includes GL Assessment. Our collective expertise ensures that assessment, teaching, practice and data needs are met for schools worldwide.
Our assessments offer the ideal starting point to help schools and school groups understand their students’ strengths, pinpoint areas of need and put targeted measures in place. Renaissance's teaching and learning programmes, including Accelerated Reader, myON and Freckle, then provide teachers with effective next steps, helping students build the skills they need for success and driving better student outcomes.
Tales Toolkit
We believe that play and quality interactions should be at the centre of learning. The Tales Toolkit package puts oral storytelling at the centre of it's approach, upskilling staff and creating a safe space for every child to share a story. We are a high impact language and communication intervention, with great benefits for social-emotional skills as well as reading and writing.
We are award-winning and backed up by research from Goldsmiths University. We have also been recognised by the EEF for our potential for high impact for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Find out more: talestoolkit.com
The Youth Sport Trust is the UK’s leading charity improving every young person’s education and development through sport and play. Working together, we empower young people to achieve their own personal best and equip educators to change lives. Sport gives young people a platform to have their voice heard and a place to feel they belong. We harness this extraordinary power to change young lives today and help them build a brighter tomorrow.
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Find out more: youthsporttrust.org
