EFR Paediatric First Aid for Childcare Professionals (12-Hour CFC)
A 12-hour paediatric first aid course for nurseries, schools and childminders, designed to meet EYFS and Ofsted requirements.
The Emergency First Response 12-Hour Care for Children (CFC) course is a comprehensive paediatric first aid programme for anyone working with babies and children. It combines infant and child CPR, AED and first aid skills over a minimum of 12 hours and has been specifically created to meet the paediatric first aid requirements set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework for Ofsted-registered childcare providers.
From our dedicated training venue on Anglesey, we deliver this course in small groups of up to six learners, using Laerdal QCPR manikins so you can practise high-quality CPR on child and infant manikins with real-time feedback.
This course is suitable for childcare settings that need a 12-hour paediatric first aid course to meet EYFS and Ofsted expectations.
Who is this course for?
- Nurseries and pre-schools
- Reception and early years classes in schools
- Childminders and nannies
- Wrap-around and holiday clubs
- Playgroups and early years settings on the Early Years Register or Childcare Register
If you’re unsure whether this is the right course for your setting, we can help you check against the current EYFS and Ofsted guidance.
What you’ll learn
The course is built on the EFR Care for Children syllabus, mapped to the learning outcomes expected for a full 12-hour paediatric first aid course under EYFS.
Core topics include:
- Role and responsibilities of the paediatric first aider
- Planning for first aid emergencies in childcare settings
- Scene assessment, personal protection and minimising infection risk
- Infant and child CPR (including AED use where appropriate)
- Managing unresponsive but breathing children and infants (recovery position)
- Choking (conscious and unconscious, child and infant)
- Serious and minor bleeding, and shock
- Head, neck and spinal injuries in children
- Fractures, sprains and strains
- Burns and scalds
- Poisoning
- Febrile convulsions and seizures
- Asthma, anaphylaxis and use of auto-injectors
- Diabetes and hypoglycaemia
- Sickle cell and other common childhood conditions
- Bites and stings, hypothermia and hyperthermia
- Illness assessment and injury assessment
- Recording, reporting and communicating in line with EYFS/Ofsted expectations
The course content is based on guidelines from the Paediatric Working Group of ILCOR and national paediatric first aid best practice.
Course format
- Duration: 12 hours (usually 2 x 6-hour days)
- Other patterns (e.g. 4 x 3-hour sessions) may be possible as long as the minimum 12 contact hours are maintained.
- Group size: Maximum 6 learners
- Location: Warrior Spirit Martial Arts, Anglesey (on-site delivery at your setting by arrangement)
- Method: Instructor-led, hands-on and scenario-based with plenty of time to practise skills
- Equipment: Child and infant Laerdal QCPR manikins, AED trainers, paediatric first aid kit, plus all required training materials
Assessment & certification
- Continuous assessment of practical skills and participation
- Successful learners receive an Emergency First Response 12-Hour Care for Children certificate
- Certificate validity: 3 years, in line with EYFS guidance that paediatric first aid training should be renewed at least every three years
Your certificate can be presented to Ofsted and local authority inspectors as evidence that your staff have completed a 12-hour paediatric first aid course designed to meet EYFS requirements.
How this course meets EYFS / Ofsted expectations
The EYFS statutory framework and DfE/Ofsted guidance require that:
- Paediatric first aid for early years must be at least 12 hours
- It must be relevant to the ages of children cared for (babies and children)
- Training must be renewed every 3 years
- Providers should ensure the course content covers recognised paediatric first aid topics and outcomes
The EFR 12-Hour Care for Children course:
- Is explicitly described by UK providers as “specifically created to meet the requirements outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework (EYFS)” and as containing “all the requirements to meet Ofsted registration”.
- Runs for a minimum of 12 hours, commonly over 2 days, matching EYFS duration expectations.
- Covers infant and child CPR, AED use, choking, serious bleeding, burns, head injuries, chronic conditions (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy etc.), recording and reporting – the same core topics EYFS-aligned paediatric courses list.
Price
- £220 per person on open courses
- £1,210 for a private course at our venue for up to 6 learners
Prices include training, manuals/handouts, certification and refreshments.
About Emergency First Response (EFR)
Emergency First Response (EFR) is one of the world’s largest CPR, AED and first aid training organisations, with tens of thousands of instructors teaching in more than 180 countries. It is a corporate affiliate of PADI, the world’s leading diver training organisation, and has over four decades of experience in developing high-quality emergency care training materials and curricula.
EFR courses are based on internationally recognised medical guidelines for emergency care and follow the consensus recommendations of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) through bodies such as the European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association. Training programmes are updated whenever resuscitation guidelines are revised, so the CPR and first aid skills you learn reflect current, evidence-based best practice.
In the UK, the EFR First Aid at Work (Great Britain) programme is specifically designed to meet the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, customised to Resuscitation Council UK basic life support protocols and nationally accepted first aid standards. This allows employers to use EFR training as part of their duty to provide “adequate and appropriate” first aid provision in the workplace under HSE guidance.
The skills taught in EFR programmes are the same core, evidence-based resuscitation and first aid techniques that underpin training for healthcare professionals and emergency responders, simplified and practised at a layperson level so that anyone can learn to provide effective help until the emergency services arrive.
