Legislation
Throughout our courses we refer to current relevant legislation covering the subject. Within the time frames of the courses themselves there is not enough time to go into in-
We hope that this page of our site will be your one-stop shop for all of the relevant information that you need in order to gain that deeper understanding from the course you attended.
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Early Years
The Children Act 1989 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Helpfully there is a quick overview leaflet focused on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child you can access it via the following link:
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – Leaflet
The Education Act 2002 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Children Act 2004 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Early Years Outcomes are available by clicking on the following link:
The Children and Families Act 2014 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
PLEASE NOTE:
With the introduction of the 2017 Early Years Foundation Stage, information contained within these non-statutory documents may no longer meet the requirements of the 2017 EYFS, We have provided them as a guide only.
The Early Years Foundation Stage Progress Check at Age Two
The Early Years Foundation Stage Progress Check at Age Two was produced by National Children’s Bureau and supports Early Years staff to implement the statutory progress check at age 2 as required in the Early Years Foundation Stage 2012 and 2014.
The 2 year check was introduced to help early identification of developmental needs in order to provide any additional support as soon as possible.
The EYFS does not prescribe any method or format to be used. The EYFS only specifies that the check should cover the 3 prime areas:
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- Personal, Social and Emotional Development,
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- Physical Development,
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- Communication and Language.
The guidance aims to stimulate ideas for practitioners to approach the 2 year check.
It is widely acknowledged the important role that parents play in their own children’s development.
This is identified within the EYFS with the inclusion of the Positive Relationships;
Children learn to be strong and
independent from a base of
loving and secure relationships with
parents and/or a key person.
Parents need to know what to expect and when roughly to expect it in their child’s development age band.
This 4Children guide takes parents through their child’s age band in the EYFS and how they can support their children through their development.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well. The framework ensures children are kept healthy and safe, as well as ensuring that children have the knowledge and skills they need to start school
This statutory framework is for:
- School leaders
- School staff
- Childcare providers
- Childminders
- Out of school providers
Settings that MUST follow the EYFS are:
- Local authority-maintained schools
- Non-maintained schools (schools not maintained by a local authority)
- Independent schools
- Academies and free schools
- Nurseries
- Private nursery schools
- Pre-schools/playgroups
- Childminding
There is supporting material available on the Foundation Years website, for settings and staff to access.
Statutory guidance is issued by law, you must follow it unless there’s a good reason not to do so.
Use this link to access the 2021 Early Years Foundation Stage:
Early Years Foundation Stage – 2021
On the Government website, there is further assistance and support for settings and staff to access if they are working with children between the age of 0 – 4 years old. You can access the website:
Help for Early Years Providers
This is the current framework to be followed by all Early Years settings in England.
The original framework pack in 2008, came complete with 2 booklets, which have been amalgamated into the current guidance, a CD Rom, poster and Practice into Principles cards.
As the cards are still useful in terms of planning and supporting the EYFS and children’s development we have provided a link to these cards and poster, but please remember that they no longer form an active part of the EYFS framework, and some of the information does not match current guidance.
Early Years Foundation Stage – Principles into Practice Cards
Early Years Foundation Stage – Poster
Fire Safety
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
First Aid
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Health and Safety Executive Guidance L74 on The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 can be accessed by using the link below:
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Serious Accidents, Injuries and Deaths that registered providers must notify to Ofsted and Local Child Protection Agencies 2011 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
There is also simplified information available on the Ofsted website which you can view here:
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
Guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools 2015 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools 2015
Guidance on the use of adrenaline auto-injectors in schools 2017 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Guidance on the use of adrenaline auto-injectors in schools 2017
Food Safety
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
EC Regulation no: 852/2004 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Feed and Food Controls Regulations 2006 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Food Information Regulations 2014 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Health & Safety
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Health and Safety Executive Guidance L74 on The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 can be accessed by using the link below:
Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977
The European 6 Pack of Regulations were introduced in January 1992.
Below we have provided links to the relevant Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) website page and also to a copy of the updated guidance.
Managing for Health and Safety
The HSE’s website page:
Managing for Health and Safety
The actual document:
Managing for Health and Safety (Updated 2013)
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 – Guidance on Regulations
The HSE’s website page:
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 – Guidance on Regulations
The actual document:
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 – Guidance on Regulations (Updated Sept. 2016)
Personal protective equipment at work
The HSE’s website page:
HSE’s website page on Personal protective equipment at work
The actual document:
Personal protective equipment at work (Updated 2015)
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and guidance
The HSE’s website page:
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and guidance
The actual document:
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and guidance (Updated Nov. 2014)
Workplace health, safety and welfare. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. Approved Code of Practice and guidance
The HSE’s website page:
The actual document:
Work with display screen equipment: Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 as amended by the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002
The HSE’s website page:
The actual document:
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996
The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (COSHH) can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Working at Height Regulations 2005 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
Mental Health Awareness
The Health and Safety At Work Act 1974 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Mental Health Act 1983 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Human Rights Act 1998 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Equality Act 2010 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Care Act 2014 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Moving and Handling
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Health and Safety Executive Guidance L74 on The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 can be accessed by using the link below:
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Safeguarding
The National Health Service Act 1977 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Employment Rights Act 1996 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Data Protection Act 1998 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Human Rights Act 1998 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Care Standards Act 2000 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Local Government Act 2000 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Adoption and Children Act 2002 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Police Reform Act 2002 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Children and Adoption Act 2006 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Local Safeguarding Children Boards Regulations 2006 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The National Health Service Act 2006 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Employment and Tribunals Regulations 2010 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Prevent Strategy can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Care Act 2014 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Protected Disclosures Order 2015 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
What To Do if You’re Worried a Child is being Abused 2015 can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
In February 2017, the Government published a new Core Guidance Document, which updates the statutory definition of Child Sexual Exploitation.
“Child sexual exploitation is a form of child sexual abuse.
It occurs where an individual or group takes advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce, manipulate or deceive a child or young person under the age of 18 into sexual activity:
(a) in exchange for something the victim needs or wants, and/or
(b) for the financial advantage or increased status of the perpetrator or facilitator.
The victim may have been sexually exploited even if the sexual activity appears consensual. Child sexual exploitation does not always involve physical contact; it can also occur through the use of technology.”
The Child Sexual Exploitation Core Guidance document is available to view by clicking on the following link:
Working Together to Safeguard Children – A Guide to Inter-Agency Working to Safeguard and Promote the welfare of Children has gone through many changes over recent years, via the link below you are able to view the most update version of this important document.
Information Sharing – A Guide for Practitioners Providing Safeguarding Services to Children, Young People Parents and Carers has been introduced to assist practitioners in the knowledge of when they are safe and allowed to share vital information with other agencies in order to safeguard children, via the link below you are able to view this important document.