The ‘Help for Early Providers’ section of the DfE GOV.UK site has been updated to help early years practitioners meet the oral health requirement in the Early Years.
Please see message below from the DfE
Afternoon all,
New oral health guidance from the Department for Education is now available on the Help for Early Years Providers website. The guidance aims to help early years practitioners meet the oral health requirement in the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework.
How you can help
We are asking for your help to promote the guidance to your early year’s settings. Please reach out to make them aware of this new resource.
To help you with this, we have created an example message you may want to use.
Example message for early years settings
Nearly a quarter of 5-year-olds in England have tooth decay – but this is largely preventable.
New oral health guidance from the Department for Education is now available on the Help for Early Years Providers website.
The guidance:
For more guidance on supporting children in the early years, visit the Help for Early Years Providers website.
Kind regards
The Early Years Entitlements Team
E: EARLYYEARS.ENTITLEMENTS@education.gov.uk
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