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Putting the EYFS Curriculum into Practice

Second Edition


November 2025 | 216 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

This best-selling guide is essential reading for early years coordinators, school leaders, setting managers, childminders, and students. It offers practical advice on curriculum design and implementation across the seven areas of learning and development, aligned with the 2024 EYFS statutory framework.

Bringing evidence-informed practice to life, it makes research accessible and ready to put into action.

New to this second edition:

  • Chapters fully revised to reflect updates to the EYFS, Development Matters, and broader sector developments.
  • New chapters on SEND; English as an additional language; socio-economic disadvantage; and outdoor learning.
    Expanded guidance on evidence-based practice.
  • A wide range of case studies from schools, settings, and childminders, demonstrating how research evidence is being translated into everyday practice.
Caroline Vollans is lead writer and editor for the East London Stronger Practice hub and writes for a range of Early Years publications.

Julian Grenier CBE works on early years at the Education Endowment Foundation.
Iram Siraj
Foreword
Julian Grenier and Cassie Buchanan
Ch1 Introduction: The importance of curriculum in the early years
Eunice Lumsden
Ch2 A curriculum that promotes equality and challenges racism and sexism
Sandra Mathers
Ch3 Communication and language
Julian Grenier and Fliss Dewsbery
Ch4 Personal, social and emotional development
Lala Manners and Melissa Prendergast
Ch5 Physical development
Sinéad Harmey
Ch6 Literacy
Fliss James
Ch7 Mathematics
Julian Grenier, June O’Sullivan, Liz Pemberton and Aaron Bradbury
Ch8 Understanding the world
Anni McTavish and Melissa Prendergast
Ch9 Expressive arts and design
Jan Dubiel
Ch10 Understanding assessment and curriculum
Tania Choudhury
Ch11 Helping children who are learning English as an additional language (EAL) to access the curriculum
Lindsey Foster
Ch12 Inclusion
Ed Vainker and Matilda Browne
Ch13 Helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds to access the curriculum
Sarah Porter
Ch14 Valuing outdoor learning
Siobhan Campbell and Melissa Prendergast
Ch15 Professional development: Developing quality and improving outcomes for every child
Alison Peacock
Afterword

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