EYFS Community

The EYFS Network looks to bring together the Early Years in Newham and beyond to uncover and share the wonderful good practice that exists in Newham, to work together on exciting new initiatives and to help each other in continuing to give the children in our schools the very best start in the foundation years; arguably the most important in setting children up for life. We aim to shine a spotlight on Early Years in order to invigorate and make more prominent our very important role in a child's educational journey. Joining the EYFS Network will also give you access to networking with all the members and opportunities to visit each other's schools for inspiration and support.

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• Guidance: Early years foundation stage statutory framework (DfE, 2025)

• Guidance: Birth to 5 matters (Early Years Coalition, 2021)

• Guidance: Development matters (DfE, 2023)

• Research Report: Strong foundations in the first years of school (Ofsted, 2024)

• Research Report: Best start in life: a research review for early years (Ofsted, 2022)

• Research Report: Bold beginnings: The Reception curriculum in a sample of good and outstanding primary schools (Ofsted, 2017)

• Guidance Report: Improving Communication, Language and Literacy in the Early Years (EEF, 2018)

• Guide: A beginner’s Guide To Anti-Racism (Tapestry, 2022)

• Blog: Using picture books to promote high-quality conversations in maths; the ShREC Approach – Fliss James (ELRS, 2023)

• Video: Strong Foundations 1 - Why early education is so important (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 2 - A curriculum by design not chance (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 3 - The importance of language development (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 4 - Inspecting nursery provision in schools (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 5 - SEND (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 6 - Early reading (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 7 - Early writing matters (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 8 - Early mathematics (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 9 - Physical development (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: Strong Foundations 10 - Foundational knowledge and older pupils (Ofsted, Jan 2026)

• Video: The prime areas of learning and development in the EYFS - refresher (Ofsted, Apr 2022)

• Video: Child development and the curriculum (Ofsted, Apr 2022)

• Video: Evaluating the impact of the curriculum (Ofsted, Apr 2022)

• Video: The importance of recent research on child development (Ofsted, Apr 2022)

• Video: Making it as easy as possible for children to learn (Ofsted, Apr 2022)

• Video: Evaluating impact of provision with a focus on vulnerable children (Ofsted, Apr 2022)

• Video: Putting EYFS Curriculum into Practice (Newham EY Conf, 2023)

• Video: Observing young children (Froebel Trust, 2022)

• Video: The relationship between stress and concentration in children (UEL, 2021)

• Video: Emotion Regulation in the Early Years (ELRS)

• Video: Tales Toolkit: unlocking the power of storytelling (ELRS)

• Video: Autistic play: A neurodiversity-affirming approach (ELRS)

• Video: How children develop executive functions in the early years (ELRS)

• Video: Building strong foundations for early mathematical skills (ELRS)

• Podcast: Getting it right from the start (Ofsted, 2025)

• Podcast: The best start in life: early years and Ofsted’s strategy (Ofsted, 2023)

• Podcast: Best start in life part 2: Ofsted’s early years research review series (Ofsted, 2023)

• Podcast: Evidence into Action: Personal Social and Emotional Development (PSED) in the early years (EEF, 2023)

(coming soon)

Guidance Documents

• Putting Evidence to Work (Implementation Guidance) (EEF, 2024)

Videos

• A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)

• Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)

Templates

• Action plan template (pdf)

• Action plan template (docx)

• Case study template (pdf)

• Case study template (pptx)

• Arzu Yeter, St Luke's CE - 'Curiosity approach'

(coming soon)