Course description
On-demand training to help you understand the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework safeguarding requirements
Increase your knowledge and confidence and help keep babies, infants and young children safe in early years settings in England.
This short masterclass covers the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) safeguarding and welfare requirements, including the 2025 reforms.
Delivered by safeguarding experts, you’ll learn how to:
- meet the new safeguarding training requirements with confidence
- create a safe culture and recruit staff who protect children effectively
- reduce online risks for under 5s to keep them safe in a digital world.
Benefits of the masterclass:
- on-demand training to complete at a convenient time
- pause-and-reflect activities to boost your confidence
- safeguarding guidance for early years practitioners and childminders in England
- CPD certified
- personalised downloadable certificate
- income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect babies, children and young people.
Technical requirements
Our masterclasses will work in most browsers, though we recommend that you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari (not Firefox). You will need to make sure your browser is up to date.
This masterclass can be accessed on PCs and Macs, as well as iPads or other tablet devices. Please note, we are unable to provide full technical support for tablet users. We do not support other mobile devices. If you choose to use a mobile device we would recommend watching the video in full screen mode.
Videos clips hosted on the video sharing site Vimeo feature in the Masterclass. Video playback controls will vary and are dependent on the browser used to take the course and where the video is hosted. Your browser may automatically mute the video when it starts playing, but you should be able to unmute the video using the speaker icon on the bottom right of the player toolbar.
If you experience problems with the videos then we recommend you try using a different browser. You can also try:
- updating your web browser
- clearing your cache
- accepting our cookies (essential cookies are required for the purposes of undertaking our elearning)
- turning off private browsing
- enabling JavaScript
- permitting access to videos on Vimeo
- setting the following web domain to 'trusted': https://mylearning.nspcc.org.uk
Duration: It should take you about 60 minutes to complete the Masterclass.
You will have access to the Masterclass for one year following purchase. You can take it as many times as you like in that time.
