Education for children starts with Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) this usually starts when your child starts nursery or pre-school and leads them up until they start school just before they are 5 years old.
All children at the age they attend nursery should be assessed for development and any educational needs, this development is then logged and tracked and should be presented to parents on a regular basis to keep them up to date.

The early years foundation stage covers communication and language, physical development and personal, social and emotional development.
It also states that the care provider must cover four subjects with the children, mathematics, literacy, expressive arts and design and understanding the world.

All of these areas of the EYFS curriculum must be evidenced and communicated to parents and these elements are checked by early years Ofsted inspections which are listed and can be viewed online for all nurseries and day care centres.