Early Years Providers
At Geldards, we provide specialist legal advice to early years providers, including nurseries, pre-schools, and childcare settings across England and Wales. We understand the priorities for leaders in the sector, delivering safe, nurturing, and stimulating environments for children while meeting the strict legal and regulatory standards required by the EYFS statutory framework.
Our lawyers deliver clear, practical guidance tailored to the needs of the childcare and early years providers sector. From safeguarding and staffing challenges to funding arrangements and compliance with Ofsted inspections, we provide solutions that are accessible, commercially aware and aligned with your setting’s ethos.
Challenges in the Early Years Sector
The challenges facing early years providers are unique. Leaders must balance staffing and recruitment difficulties, high compliance demands, and financial pressures, all while meeting parental expectations and delivering outstanding care. Ofsted inspections, safeguarding responsibilities, and maintaining safe premises add additional layers of complexity.
We provide tailored legal support to help you address these challenges with confidence, ensuring your institution remains compliant, sustainable and focused on delivering exceptional early years education and care.
Help for Early Years Providers
Running an early years setting brings a unique mix of pressures: staff recruitment and retention, parental expectations, premises safety, and ever-evolving regulatory requirements. Accessing the right help for early years providers can be the difference between navigating these challenges with confidence or being overwhelmed by compliance obligations.
At Geldards, our role is to help reduce your legal burden, giving you the clarity and reassurance you need to focus on providing high-quality care and education.
Legal Services for Childcare and Early Years Providers
Our education law specialists advise on all areas relevant to nurseries, pre-schools and childcare providers, including:
- Governance and compliance support
- Ofsted inspection preparation and challenges
- Contract drafting and policy review
- Construction and premises management
- GDPR and data protection compliance
- Employment law and HR advice
- Health & safety compliance
- Intellectual property protection
- Procurement and supplier agreements
- Safeguarding and child protection obligations
- Enrolment and admissions policies
- Property, land and facilities management
- Collaboration and partnership agreements
- SEND law and equality law (including reasonable adjustments)
- Support with coroners’ inquests
We offer a number of fixed fee retainer products for childcare and early years providers, details of which can be found here.
Why choose Geldards?
We understand that leaders in the early years providers sector must balance the delivery of outstanding care and learning with tight budgets, regulatory pressures and the expectations of parents. Our solicitors combine deep sector knowledge with accessible legal advice, ensuring your institution remains compliant, protected and focused on what matters most: children’s development and wellbeing.
