Consultation outcome: Early years foundation stage (EYFS) safeguarding

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October 17

08:30 2024

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This is the governments response to the consultation on proposed changes to strengthen EYFS safeguarding requirements, which ran from 22 April 2024 to 17 June 2024.

Based on consultation responses the government will proceed with implementing:

all of the safeguarding changes that were consulted on, with minor changes to the wording of some for additional clarity
2 new changes on whistleblowing and providing employment references

This document provides further detail on each of the safeguarding changes individually, setting out the responses to the consultation and the reasons behind the decisions made.

It is the governments intention to proceed with statutory national implementation of the EYFS safeguarding reforms from 1 September 2025.

Original consultation

Consultation description

We are consulting on proposals to strengthen the EYFS safeguarding requirements and make them more comprehensive for early years providers. This is to ensure that all children are kept as safe as possible in early years settings.

This consultation is open to the public and in particular we invite responses from anybody with an interest in childcare. This includes:

childminders
childminder agencies
early education and childcare providers
early years and childcare practitioners
nurseries, preschools and schools
parents and carers, and organisations representing them
charities
local authorities
early years and childcare sector organisations
Ofsted
colleges, universities and suppliers of qualifications

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