EYFS Safer Sleep Requirements – Sept 2026
The UK’s EYFS infant sleep product rules are changing this September 2026, and every parent, childminder and caregiver needs to know what’s different.
29 April 2026
The UK’s EYFS infant sleep product rules are changing this September 2026, and every parent, childminder and caregiver needs to know what’s different.
Be ready for the Allergy Safety guidance changes this September!
Book your anaphylaxis training with us and ensure your school has spare EpiPens available.
Today, a historic step has been taken to protect children with allergies in schools. The Department for Education will publish new mandatory statutory guidance on allergy safety from September 2026, requiring schools to have robust allergy policies, spare emergency adrenaline auto-injectors, and trained staff. These measures could reduce risk, prevent tragedies and hospitalisations, and give allergy families greater peace of mind.
Every five years, the Resuscitation Council UK produces revised guidelines in conjunction with the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) in order to comply with new scientific research, clinical data, technological advances and public health trends.
The most recent updates released at the end of 2025 announced the following revisions:
The new guidelines highlight the importance of Introducing CPR education from early childhood (ages 4–6) and reinforcing it throughout school.
Child Matters already delivers first aid skills to 100’s of school children and will continue to develop their program to compliment the guidance.
Real-Life Hero in Action! 🎉We’re incredibly proud to share that one of our young trainees, Ava, just 10yrs old, performed life-saving CPR on her dad after he suffered a heart
To continue our award-winning streak, we’ve been awarded ‘Best First Aid Instructor and Centre of the Year’ award from ProTrainings during the The ProTrainings Instructor Conference in Birmingham on Saturday.
Martyn’s Law (known as The Terrorism Act 2025) became law on 3 April 2025 meaning that most public premises and events with capacities over 200, including schools, require reasonable public
I love radio! Happy to be chatting to Sheila Docker at Marlow FM 97.5 on 24th April 2025 as part of their Business Show. I got invited to comment on
EYFS Safeguarding and First Aid Requirement Changes from 1st September 2025 From 1st September 2025, the Department of Education (DfE) is making changes to the early years (EYFS) Safeguarding and
Many viruses, like the common cold, will clear naturally and antibiotics will not help fight a cold virus. But there are viral infections such as flu that can be more serious and cause breathing problems.
It can be really difficult to tell, especially in young children, the difference between a viral chest infection and a bacterial chest infection. The signs and symptoms can be very similar if not identical.
But the other added complication… is that there may be a bit of both at play.
Viruses are experts are causing inflammation in our airways. This can disrupt the usual barriers that keep out nasty bacteria.
So it’s not uncommon for a chest infection to start out viral…but then allow bacteria to get in and start causing infection as well.
Not one, but two awards in 2024 and so much more to celebrate… Earlier in the year Child Matters won ‘Best Nanny Training Provider Award’ and only last week we won