Early Years Pad
Helping you to help them
Find tailored support for each age range in the Early Years and Key Stage 1 below…
PreSchool
Nursery
Nursery, also known as Foundation Stage 1.
Reception
Reception, also known as Foundation Stage 2.
Year 1
This is a step up from Early Years into Key Stage 1.
Year 2
This is the last year in Key Stage 1. Year 3 is the start of Key Stage 2.
Is Your Child Ready for School?
Your child may or may not be ready for their start in early years, but feel free to check using our ‘Free School Readiness Checklist’. Or you can read more about the early years assessment and what it entails.
What will you gain with us?
Confidence
Confidence to support your child on their learning journey, no matter what capacity that may be in. This, in turn, will give your children confidence allowing you and them to handle challenges in the early years with a problem-solving mindset instead of fear.
A Head Start
Giving children a head start means equipping them with the skills, experiences, and support they need early on to thrive in school and beyond. It is not about rushing their learning but laying a strong foundation in areas like communication, curiosity, and emotional development. This early boost can build momentum that lasts a lifetime.
Readiness
Readiness is about more than just knowing letters and numbers—it is the combination of emotional, social, and cognitive skills that prepare a child to make the most of their learning. When children are ready, they are more likely to enjoy school, engage confidently, and adapt well to new routines and environments.
About Us
With 18 years of teaching and leadership experience in Early Years and Key Stage 1, we bring our combined knowledge, experience and great learning discoveries to you, the child support to ensure that we can help you to help them in what really matters.
Our support page is designed to equip you with the tools, practice materials, and helpful videos to ensure you can give the child or children in your care excellent help along the way. Early Years Pad provides next steps, bridge gaps, and offer the support needed to make sure your child has a solid start to their educational journey.
Start your child’s journey with confidence. Explore our resources today.
Our Philosophy: Helping you to help them.
As parents, carers, new teachers, teaching assistants, child minders, after-school supervisors, tutors or home-school facilitators, we are not always clued up as to how to help our youngest to thrive. When we do not have the ‘know how’, our best may not be useful. We have been there and done it, year after year. We have seen the growth, faced the challenges, celebrated the triumphs and want to give you the tools to do the same.
