New Early years child development training

The Department for Education has launched a new online Early years child development training course.

The flexible training:

• has been developed in consultation with early years experts
• has been tested with early years practitioners and experts, and refined based on feedback
• provides a greater understanding of child development
• gives practical advice for supporting children in early years settings
• reinforces understanding through videos, learning check questions and end of module tests
• allows users to pause and restart the training at any time
• offers the chance to download certificates of achievement for each module

The first 4 modules of the course available now are child and brain development, personal, social and emotional development (PSED) and communication and language. Further modules will be added throughout 2023.