Nursery World - Programme director Lyn Challender on the new phase of the Early Years Professional Development Programme

The Education Development Trust's programme director explains how Phase 3 of the DfE's Early Years Professional Development Programme (EYPDP), which they are delivering, aims to tackle the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We know that the pandemic and associated measures had a negative impact on the development of young children and disrupted the training of new practitioners. That is why refining and targeting the most specific and appropriate support for practitioners was so important when developing Phase 3 of the highly successful Early Years Professional Development Programme (EYPDP).

As part of the Government’s Early Years Recovery package the Department for Education has committed further Investment to offer the EYPDP to all local authorities in England. Education Development Trust (EDT) are delighted to continue to deliver EYPDP on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE). Our positive impact in education runs through everything we do, from our evidence-based programme design to the ethos we have as a learning organisation.

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