Introducing the International Early Year Curriculum (IEYC)

The IEYC launched in 2016, and is our International Early Years Curriculum for children aged 2–5 years old. It is used by over 500 nurseries and early year settings, in 60 countries worldwide.

2–5

years old

500+

nurseries and early year settings

60

countries worldwide

Improving learning in early years settings was part of our International Primary Curriculum for over 15 years. However, informed by new research, and feedback from member schools, it was clear that a new curriculum was needed to meet the needs of children at this crucial stage of their development. That was why we developed the IEYC.

The IEYC uses international best practices, holistic enquiry and play-based approaches that cover all curriculum areas including personal, social and emotional development.

Why Choose the IEYC?

The IEYC is available to all nursery and early years settings and requires no formal pre-qualifications to be implemented
It is designed around eight learning principles that we consider essential to children’s learning and development
The IEYC is flexible and works alongside your national curriculum whilst offering the structure required to suit all teachers
Our unique process of learning shifts the focus from measuring outcomes to driving children’s learning and development
There are eighteen learning units available based around exciting themes which capture children’s natural curiosity
It is an ideal tool for the transition phase between early and formal education and can be extended to include older children in settings and countries where early years’ education goes beyond the age of 5
The IEYC covers all the aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage provision, including learning goals and developmental stages
Assessment is done using observation and interactions by teachers, children and parents/carers to achieve a holistic view on a child’s development, recorded in learning journals

Find out more about the IEYC

We're delighted to share that our International Early Years Curriculum has been shortlisted as a finalist for the EARLY YEARS CONTENT Award at the upcoming Bett Awards 2020!

Accredited Schools

All IEYC nurseries and early years settings can work towards becoming IEYC accredited by using the self-review process. The self-review process also provides a useful framework tool for implementing the IEYC and improving learning in general.

Become an IEYC School

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More Info

Although children’s interests have always been part of our approach to learning, the IEYC makes it very explicit that Capturing Curiosity should be central to how themes are developed. We have responded to this by creating ‘learning spaces’ where children can develop their own ideas and interest - this helps ensure that enquiry-based learning can take place every day.

Tricia Hagan,

Nursery Coordinator, Sakhalin International School, Russia

Latest News

Dec 4 2018

Introducing our new Recommendations for Implementation and Improving Learning!

We love to help our members get the most out of our International Curriculums, so to help with the process of improving learning our team has been working away to create new tools to help leaders and teachers implement our International Curriculums Effectively.

Sep 27 2018

Introducing our latest IEYC Units

To celebrate the completion of the 18 IEYC Units, here’s a precis of the latest three Units

Jan 5 2017

Introducing our new Head of Early Years Curriculum

In a few weeks we’ll be welcoming a new Head of IEYC - Verity Welch - to Fieldwork Education. Verity has an extensive career in Early Years education, and we look forward to her joining the team.