This information is brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Early Years team, on behalf of Foundation Years, for the attention of all Early Years settings.
This vodcast focuses on safer sleep for early years settings, specifically the update to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which comes into effect from 1 September 2026.
Seb Thorpe, Head of Begin Bright is joined by Shona Jenner-Whatford, Senior Policy Advisor in the Safeguarding and Health in Early Years Settings team (Department for Education), and by Wendy Ratcliff HMI, Principal Officer for Early Education (Ofsted) and Caroline Hearn, Early Years Specialist Advisor (Ofsted).
Shona Jenner-Whatford discusses the updated wording to the EYFS, after which Wendy Ratcliff and Caroline Hearn answer questions around what the updated wording means for inspections from 1 September 2026.