As the Department for Education funded Early Years Professional Development programmes draw to a close, we celebrate their many successes and reflect on some the fantastic feedback from practitioners.
After first launching in April 2019, the Early Years Professional Development Programme (EYPDP) and the adapted second phase ‘Building on Success’ (launched January 2022), have both recently drawn to a close as per the contractual agreements with the Department for Education (DfE).
Over the course of the last three years, the programmes have provided high-quality, evidence-based professional development to early years practitioners (EYPs) working in nurseries, pre-schools and childminders, 97% of whom said they thought the content on the programme was useful or very useful and that they were able to start using their newly acquired skills straight away in their settings.
