Early Years Strategy

This new Early Years Strategy sets out how we will work together across the Early Years workforce to give all Sheffield children the start for life that they deserve. Setting out our ambitions from pre-birth to school life will support all children to have equality of opportunity to be healthy, happy and safe.

In developing the strategy, we've built on the existing recognised strengths of the early years partnerships in the city to identify priorities, as well as those areas where we could collectively improve outcomes.  

There are a number of related documents which can be found below and may be of interest:

• Easy Read Start for Life Sheffield Early Years Strategy 2023-2028: Short, simple sentences with clear images to help explain the strategy
• Appendix A - Great Start in Life outcomes from Next Steps: Areas for development which were identified as part of the 2019-2022 strategy, a brief overview of the activity undertaken and the outcomes achieved in these areas
• Appendix B - National and Local Context: An overview of the differing laws, policies, strategies and key developments across the Early Years system which have helped to shape the new strategy
• Appendix C - Early Years Professionals Consultation Strategy Analysis 2023: The findings of the consultation with professionals from across the Early Years System
• Appendix D - Early Years Parent and Carer Consultation Strategy Analysis 2023: The findings of the consultation with parents and carers from across Sheffield