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The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) recently published a review highlighting six key insights into early years professional development. These findings reinforce the importance of structured, evidence-informed programme in equipping educators with the tools to foster emotional resilience and well-being in young learners. Find out how our Early Years PSED programme support these key findings.

Jayne Carter, Programme Development Lead at Partnership for Children recently led a webinar exploring the benefits of the Lundy Model when considering children’s social and emotional learning. This blog outlines the key messages from the webinar.

We recently held an inspiring partner meeting for the Zippy’s Friends for SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) programme, bringing together passionate professionals from across the globe.

Our partner organisation in Poland, the Centre for Positive Education (COPE), has achieved a significant milestone.

A collaborative group of leading early years organisations have created a new list of skills that can be used by parents, carers, childminders and primary school teaching staff to prepare their children for starting school.

On Friday 28th February 2025 we presented at The European Network for Social and Emotional Competence’s (ENSEC) webinar to celebrate international social and emotional learning day.

The wellbeing of children and young people in the UK is at an all-time low. The latest PISA data reveals that 1 in 4 children report low wellbeing, making the UK the lowest-ranked country in Europe. 

We consider what we mean by listening to children as part of our mental health and wellbeing development provision in the early years and explore practical ways in which we can actively listen to young children and gather their views.

Partnership for Children worked in partnership with Children North East, a charity focused on transforming lives of the most disadvantaged children in the region.

Results from a randomised controlled feasibility trial of Zippy’s Friends for Pupils with SEND have now been published and feedback from teachers, parents/carers and the children themselves was positive.

The Skills for Life Early Years programme, funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), has been successfully implemented, analysed and evaluated.

We’re excited to announce that we are working with Bounce Together

In 2022-23 we were delighted to be able to offer schools and organisations in Merton training and resources for our SPARK Resilience programme thanks to funding from The Oli Leigh Trust.

Our Co-CEO, Hannah Baker, in partnership with Anna Freud, has developed a guide of how to effectively support young children’s self-regulation skills.