Early Years
Welcome to the LPDS Early Years page.
Courses
View our current range of Early Years courses. Check back regularly for new sessions.
You can also view our full range of conferences.
We can also offer bespoke consultancy packages tailored to your needs.
Updates:
- Statutory framework for the EYFS - 2024
- Reception baseline assessment and reporting arrangements - 2024
- Keeping children safe in education - 2024
- Development Matters - Revised July 2021
- School Inspection Handbook 2024
- Early Years Inspection Handbook 2024
- Birth to 5 Matters
- Best Start in Life: Part 1
- Best Start in Life: Part 2
- Best Start in Life: Part 3
- EEF Early Years Toolkit
- Early Years Evidence Store
- The Reading Framework
- Oral health - help for early years providers
- Help for early years providers
- Strong Foundations Report
Conferences
EYFS Practical Conference 2025 - Come out and play
Come out and play Early Years conference (EAY302) 9th May 2025.
Reserve your places on the LPDS website. Bookings open!
This conference is aimed at school based EYFS teachers leaders, PE subject leaders, welfare assistants.
Bring a second colleague of your choice to drive active playtimes for a discounted rate of £99.
Use Your PE funding
Keynotes: Ben Kingston-Hughes and Dr Vanessa King
Top tips from our Lancashire Leading Foundation Stage Teachers (LFSTs)
- Transitions info Top Tips from Leading foundation stage teacher Emma Pollitt
- Transitions info Top tips from Leading foundation stage teacher Liz Stokes
- Transitions info Top tips from Leading foundation stage teacher Jessica Mooney
A tour of Leading foundation stage teacher Nicola Killeen's classroom:
Vocabulary top tips from our Lancashire Leading Foundation Stage Teachers (LFSTs)
- Vocabulary Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Alison Wilson
- Vocabulary Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Liz Stokes
- Vocabulary Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Anne Marie Deacon
- Vocabulary Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Lisa Aspery
- Vocabulary Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Emma Pollitt
- Vocabulary Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Bryony Booth
- Vocabulary Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Amanda Tunstall
Self-regulation top tips from our Lancashire Leading Foundation Stage Teachers (LFSTs)
- Self Regulation Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Linzy Shaw
- Self Regulation Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Emma Pollitt
- Self Regulation Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Liz Stokes
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Self Regulation Top Tips from Leading Foundation Stage Teacher Amanda Tunstall
Publications and Useful Documents
Red Rose Letters and Sounds
A new systematic, synthetic phonics planning programme using the Letters and Sounds approach.
Further Support
Leading Foundation Stage Teachers
Contributes to the continued development of high quality practice within the Foundation Stage in Lancashire.
DfE - Early Years Foundation Stage: Exemplification Materials
A range of DfE YouTube videos to support you.
Lancashire SSG Content
View resources and content that form part of your Lancashire SSG, including the Early Years Team Newsletter.
Digital Support
Links
Contact Early Years Consultant Catharine Cummins
Email: catharine.cummins@lancashire.gov.uk
Phone: 01772532756
Mobile: 07812785985