Safeguarding

  1. Introduction
  2. Safeguarding training
  3. Recording templates
  4. Services and information
  1. Learning and development
  2. Focus On briefings
  3. Sharing safeguarding messages with parents and carers
  4. Statutory documents

8. Statutory documents

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework is mandatory for all early years settings. It sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well, and are kept healthy and safe.

Changes to the EYFS safeguarding requirements from September 2025

The Department for Education (DfE) continually monitors and reviews safeguarding requirements for early years settings to ensure they are comprehensive and suitably robust to help providers keep children as safe as possible. A consultation on proposals to strengthen the EYFS safeguarding requirements was held between 22 April and 17 June 2024. There was strong support from respondents for all of the EYFS changes, with clear consensus that these will improve children’s safety and align with current best practice in early years settings.

From 1 September 2025, all registered early years providers must follow the new EYFS framework. Whatever your role and type of setting you work in, you’ll need to be working to the new framework.

Here is an overview of the changes that will be published in the new framework later in the year:

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