LBHF-Healthy Early Years London (HEYL)
HEYL complements and enhances the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage framework, adding to the focus on children, families and staff health and wellbeing.
The 4 levels of Awards -Â HEYL First Steps, Bronze, Silver and Gold - can be used to improve and support practice in all Early Years settings:
- private, voluntary and independent nurseries
- children’s centres
- childminders
- Early Years in schools including schools with two-year old provision nursery schools
- crèches and playgroup
Achieving an Award can help you:
- identify your own best practice
- focus on areas to develop in health, wellbeing and education
- work with parents/carers and health and other services to support families
- generate evidence for Ofsted inspections