EYFS Leadership Resources

Looking to recruit a new EYFS practitioner, such as a pre-school assistant, nursery assistant or an EYFS teaching assistant? If you’re considering what questions to ask at interview to recruit the right person for your school or what tasks you can set to allow the candidate to show their skills and understanding about the early years, this EYFS practitioner Interview Pack can support you to plan an interview day. 

Designed for headteachers, deputy heads and EYFS leads, this ready-made template gives you a clear, structured starting point for reporting on Early Years provision to your governing board without having to build a report from scratch.

You'll get:

☑️ EYFS Report to Governors Template – a comprehensive, 11-page editable Word document covering:

• EYFS improvement priorities, achievements and staffing updates
• curriculum intent including phonics, communication and language, and mathematics
• quality of teaching and monitoring
• assessment data including baseline, in-year and end-of-year GLD outcomes
• attendance, behaviour and PSED
• SEND provision and the graduated approach
• disadvantaged children and the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)
• transitions
• statutory welfare requirements
• parent engagement
• staff CPD
• link governor visits
• a strengths and areas for development evaluation including governor questions and challenges

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for headteachers, deputy heads and EYFS leads preparing termly or annual EYFS reports to governors.

👉 Looking for more governor report templates? This template and others are part of our Reports to Governors Template Bundle