Welcome to the EYPS Forum!

The EYPS forum was launched in April 2008 to support EYPs and EYPS candidates. If your local authority subscribes to the EYPSf subscription scheme, you have full access to the website's facilities. To access the list of participating LAs, click here. If your LA isn't a member of the EYPSf you can now join by registering and subscribing as an individual (annual subscription is £42 including VAT).

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CWDC is undertaking a review of the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) standards, following the announcement in the government's policy statement, Supporting Families in the Early Years.

Through a call for evidence with training providers and Early Years Professionals (EYPs), key areas identified for change included:

  • Language could be made clearer, and easier to understand  
  • The Standards could be streamlined due to duplication
  • The area of leading practice needed to be strengthened

Taking into account the evidence gathered the following changes have been made:

  • Language has been simplified
  • The 39 Standards have been reduced to eight. Each Standard has supporting statements that outline the minimum benchmark a candidate has to demonstrate to achieve EYPS
  • Standard 8 focuses specifically on leading practice

To view the proposed standards click here and to access the consultation click here

Our Local Authority Membership scheme ;

Welcome Brent & Oldham as our newest members! Brent, Manchester, Ealing, Cornwall, Warrington and RB of Kingston upon Thames local authorities have just renewed for a second year. A special welcome back to Kent, Liverpool and Surrey who have now renewed for a third year. Norfolk, Suffolk, LB of Richmond, Northumberland, Wigan, Worcestershire, Portsmouth City, Cumbria, West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, Essex, Stockton on Tees, Southampton, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire, Derbyshire, Wandsworth, East Sussex, Hampshire, Darlington and Portsmouth City are back for a 4th year! Current members from these authorities need do nothing: their account subscriptions will automatically be renewed.


Latest Articles

Practitioner Resources for Communities (KUW)

December 2nd, 2011
The final set of posters to support you and your staff in providing babies, toddlers and young children with stimulating experiences within the knowledge and understanding of the world area of learning. Here, we look at the aspect of communities.

Practitioner Resources for Time and Place (KUW)

December 2nd, 2011
A further set of posters for you to share with colleagues and display in your setting to support staff in providing effective learning experiences for knowledge and understanding of the world (time and place).

Parents' leaflet on supporting children's independence

November 16th, 2011
This leaflet gives parents some ideas on how to help their child be more independent.

Practitioner Resources for Designing and Making (KUW)

November 16th, 2011
Continuing our series of posters for you to share with your colleagues and to display in the appropriate areas of your setting.

Encouraging Independence

October 10th, 2011
As infants and children move through the early years the aim is for them to become more independent. This article looks at the different areas in which children can become more self-sufficient and how practitioners can support their blossoming independence.

Practitioner Resources for Exploration and Investigation (KUW)

October 10th, 2011
Beginning a new series of posters to share with your colleagues and to display in your baby, toddler and young children areas. This month, Juliet Mickelburgh begins with exploring and investigating materials with the three different age groups.

How do young children learn to make decisions?

September 8th, 2011
Being able to make a decision is an important life skill. We begin to learn how to do it as infants, and continue to learn through childhood and even as adults, when some of the decisions can be bigger and more complicated. Whether an adult or a child, the decisions we make say something about who we are. We are showing a preference and taking control of a situation. Children who learn that their decisions are listened to and respected will gain confidence in their own abilities. They will be more self-aware, develop their own style, and experience trust and responsibility.

An EYP's Learning Journey

September 7th, 2011
How one EYP candidate has seen the small steps in her development lead to big changes in her personal practice and an outstanding OFSTED in her setting.

Our inspirational EYP

May 23rd, 2011
Nursery manager Selina Baylis explains why she believes her setting's EYP, Jess Purser, should be EYP of the Year. We agree! Congratulations Jess, from Laindon Nursery in Essex, on winning our forum competition and becoming our very first EYPS forum EYP of the Year 2011.

Setting up an area in the garden for planting fruit and vegetables

May 17th, 2011
Second prize winner in our "EYP of the Year" competition, Kate Milne tells us how she engaged children, staff and parents in developing a productive growing area in her setting. Kate gained EYPS in February 2011 from Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, and is Manager of Happy Days Nursery in Rayleigh, Essex, where she has worked for nearly fourteen years. Kate shows a keen interest in the natural environment and the wider world and actively supports children in developing their curiosity and investigation skills through purposeful play experiences.