Run a calmer,Ofsted-ready setting
Early Years Circle is your online coaching centre — AI advice, EYFS & Ofsted toolkits, staff CPD and supervision templates, and business tools for funding, ratios and occupancy. Built for UK settings.
Powered by AI. Grounded in the EYFS statutory framework, Ofsted EIF and KCSIE.
One centre, four tools you'll use every week
Stop stitching together policies, spreadsheets and half-finished CPD folders. Everything sits in one place.
AI Coach for Managers
Ask about safeguarding, parent complaints, EYFS planning, staffing or Ofsted prep — get a considered answer, any time.
Ofsted & EYFS Toolkit
Self-eval checklists, inspection-ready packs, EYFS learning goal trackers and editable policy templates.
Staff CPD & Supervision
Supervision templates, appraisal forms, CPD tracker, induction packs and safeguarding refreshers.
Business & Funding Tools
30 hours, EYPP and DAF calculators, ratio checker, fee-setting help and occupancy guidance.
Built for the person keeping it all running
Nursery & Daycare Managers
Own the day-to-day: rooms, ratios, parents, Ofsted, staff — with a coach in your pocket.
Early Years Leads & Deputies
EYFS planning, learning walks, moderation and supporting your team through supervision.
Owner-operators
Small settings juggling business, funding and quality — one hub instead of five spreadsheets.
Up and running in under 5 minutes
Create your account
Tell us about your setting — type, size, Ofsted rating (if any) and areas you want to strengthen.
Open your toolkit
Download checklists and policies, load up supervision templates, run funding numbers.
Ask your AI coach
Anything from parent-complaint wording to safer recruitment questions — instant, grounded answers.
Simple GBP pricing
From £19 / month for a single setting. Pro adds unlimited AI coaching and business tools. Group covers up to 5 settings.
- AI Coach trained for UK EYFS & Ofsted context
- Editable policies & self-eval checklists
- Supervision, appraisal and CPD templates
- Funding, ratio and occupancy calculators
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- The 2026 Regulatory Changes: Safer Sleep, Screen Use and SEND ReformFrom 1 September 2026 the EYFS frameworks change again — safer sleep written into the framework, a new screen use duty, tighter DBS and reporting rules, and SEND reform reshaping early identification. Here is what to actually do.
- EYFS Safeguarding: The Manager's Complete Compliance GuideEverything the EYFS statutory framework requires of you on safeguarding — policies, training, records and the checks Ofsted actually asks for — in one plain-English guide.
- Early Years Pupil Premium: How to Claim It and Spend It WellEYPP is the most under-claimed funding in the sector — and it now covers eligible children from 9 months to 4 years. Here's who qualifies, how to check eligibility, and how to spend it with measurable impact.
- Early Years CPD: Building a Plan Your Team Will Actually FinishMost nursery CPD plans are a spreadsheet of expired certificates. Here's how to build a twelve-month CPD cycle that raises practice and survives a busy term.
- EYFS Framework Changes: What Nursery Managers Need to Act OnFramework updates land quietly and cost settings dearly. Here's how to read a change, work out what it means for your setting, and update practice without a panic.
- The SEND Code of Practice in Early Years: What It Requires of YouThe graduated approach, the SENCO role, EHC needs assessments and the records that back you up — the SEND Code of Practice translated into nursery reality.
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