EYFS information for parents: what to publish on your school website
If your school has nursery or early years classes, your website needs to explain how you deliver the EYFS, how parents can contact Ofsted and which staff hold paediatric first aid certificates.
Check this on my websiteWho it applies to
- Published on
- The school's own website
- School type
- Academies and maintained schools
- School stage
- All stages, from early years to sixth form
- Only applies to
- Schools with nursery or early years provision
- Does not apply to
- No school types are excluded
When it's due
Keep it up to date
There's no fixed date. Update it whenever something changes.
What's needed
Publish information for parents on the early years page on your website explaining how you deliver the EYFS, how to contact Ofsted, and which staff hold a current paediatric first aid certificate.
What it must contain
3 parts- Says how the EYFS is delivered and how parents can find out moreMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Gives details of how to contact OfstedMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Lists every staff member who holds a current PFA certificateShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.
What the official sources say
Set out in 1 official source:
EYFS statutory framework for group and school-based providers (from September 2026)
• How the EYFS is being delivered in the setting, and how parents and/or carers can access more information.
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Section 3, 3.100, bullet 1
Providers must share the following information with parents and/or carers:
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Section 3, Information and record keeping, Information for parents and carers, 3.100
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Providers must make available to parents and/or carers the details about how to contact Ofsted, or the CMA with which a provider of CoDP is registered, if they believe the provider is not meeting the EYFS requirements.
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Section 3, Complaints, 3.102
3.40 Providers should display (or make available to parents and/or carers) staff PFA certificates or a list of staff who have a current PFA certificate.
Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Section 3, Paediatric First Aid, 3.40
Questions schools ask
Do schools have to publish EYFS information for parents?
Academies and maintained schools must. It only applies to schools with nursery or early years provision.
What does EYFS information for parents need to include?
Says how the EYFS is delivered and how parents can find out more; details of how to contact Ofsted; Lists every staff member who holds a current PFA certificate.
When do we need to update our EYFS information?
Keep it up to date. There's no fixed date. Update it whenever something changes.
Where does the requirement for the early years information for parents come from?
It is set out in EYFS statutory framework for group and school-based providers (from September 2026).
Recent changes to the official guidance
The official sources for this requirement don't publish dated change notes. We check them for changes ourselves.
We last checked these sources on 21 September 2026.
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Official wording that does not apply to schools (1)
All schools and independent educational institutions in England who provide early years provision in respect of which they are exempt from registration by section 34(2) of the Childcare Act 20064 (referred to in this EYFS framework as ‘school-based early years providers’).
Official sources last checked 21 September 2026 · register version 1.0.4