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Discover The Early Excellence Guides to Continuous Provision

Inspire your practice

Strengthen your provision

Transform your learning environment

Invest in your professional development with the Early Excellence Guides to Continuous Provision – practical, beautifully illustrated, and rooted in high-quality practice, the guides support practitioners in planning, reviewing and resourcing high-quality EYFS and KS1 learning environments.

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Explore the Provision Planning Guides for Every Stage of Development

Choose the guide that best matches the children you work with or explore our complete set for a whole-school or setting approach.

Selected packages also include downloadable and editable Digital Provision Plans, giving you the flexibility to adapt, tailor and personalise your planning to meet the needs of your children, setting and curriculum.

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Indoor Continuous Provision: 2–3 Years

Create an engaging environment for your youngest learners

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Indoor Continuous Provision: 3–5 Years

Practical guidance and ideas for rich provision across the EYFS

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Indoor Continuous Provision: 5–7 Years

Inspiration for creating purposeful environments into KS1

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Outdoor Continuous Provision: 3–5 Years

Establish rich opportunities for learning, exploration and development

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Guide to Mixed-Aged Classes

Ensure provision meets the needs of all children in EYFS & KS1

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Discover the Full Range of Packages

Explore the range and choose the format and set that’s right for you

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Practical Guidance for your EYFS & KS1 Teams

Created by the Early Excellence expert Curriculum Team, each guide explores the key features of effective continuous provision, helping you reflect on your current environment and identify opportunities to enhance your practice.

Use the guides to:

✓ Review and evaluate your existing provision

✓ Inspire new ideas for learning environments

✓ Connect your provision to the curriculum

✓ Support staff professional development

✓ Plan and resource purposeful areas of provision

✓ Create environments that encourage independence, curiosity and exploration

✓ Develop a shared understanding of high-quality continuous provision across your team

What people say about the Early Excellence Guides to Continuous Provision

This practical guide is the perfect starting point and has everything you need. It’s easy to follow, helps you understand why it is so important and provides practical steps you can adapt.
Alison Heale, Headteacher, Ysgol y Hafod Johnstown
It offers an insight into the importance of continuous provision and has definitely changed my practice for the better, considering how to support deep embedded learning.
Jo Berry, EYFS Teacher, Thrussington CE Primary
For any young teacher beginning their early years journey, this provides an invaluable reference of how we can make the early years curriculum the very best for the future generations.
Eleanor Richardson, Teacher, Curridge Primary School
This guide is brilliant for schools who are experienced with KS1 provision or are just starting their journey. It gave us new insight, and we are continuing to develop and improve our practice.
Katherine Potter, SENDCO, Wood Street Infant School

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