Application for bespoke support - Early Years Learning Leads (EYLL) Programme

Unlock the full potential of your early years provision with tailored, one-to-one guidance from an Early Years Learning Lead (EYLL). Delivered through your local Early Years Stronger Practice Hub (EYSPH), our bespoke support is designed to boost children’s outcomes, strengthen everyday practice, and help more children achieve their Early Learning Goals (ELGs) - especially in critical prime and specific areas.

Whether you operate a group-based or school-based setting, a PVI, or work as a childminder, this is an opportunity to access high-impact, targeted expertise tailored to your specific journey.

Why Apply for Bespoke Support?

Off-the-shelf training has its place, but sustained improvement happens when guidance is built around your unique environment and team. Our bespoke support offers:

  • Custom-Fit Collaboration: An EYLL works directly alongside your team to understand your current practice, celebrate your strengths, and co-design a practical action plan.
  • Proven Coaching Approaches: Rather than just telling you what to do, EYLLs use coaching, modeling of high-quality practice, and reflective discussion to empower your staff.
  • Targeted Focus: Get specialist support in one key area of learning at a time:
    • Personal, Social, and Emotional Development (PSED)
    • Early Language
    • Early Maths
  • Achievable Next Steps: Clear, incremental targets that help your educators embed lasting changes and narrow the disadvantage gap.

How Support Works

  • Duration: Up to 3 days of targeted support over the course of one term (with extensions considered only in exceptional circumstances).
  • Focus: Focused deep-dive into one selected area of learning to ensure meaningful, measurable impact.

Is This Right for Your Setting?

Bespoke support is ideal for settings and practitioners who:

  1. Have a specific area in mind that they are ready to refresh or strengthen.
  2. Are ready to commit leadership and staff time to participate fully in coaching and reflective practice.
  3. Want more than a passive training session - seeking hands-on mentoring that translates directly into the learning environment.
  4. Are eager to innovate, test out new strategies, and embed sustainable practice changes over time.

Take the Next Step

Transform your setting’s practice and give your children the best possible start to their learning journey. Apply today to secure your term of bespoke EYLL support.

Request Bespoke Support

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