Newsletters for Early Years and Childcare providers
An archive of the newsletters for Early Years and Childcare providers.
The newsletters below are listed in chronological order (newest to oldest) by calendar year.
Early years and childcare newsletter
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September 2025
- Issue 38/2025:
- Autumn term Early Years Funded Entitlement actuals - deadline this Friday
- Ofsted Big Conversation
- New strategy to improve West Sussex residents’ health and wellbeing
- Help keep children safe from falls
- Early Years training
- Issue 37/2025:
- Safeguarding Focus - Designated Safeguarding Lead networks and how Martyn’s Law will affect education settings
- Autumn term 2025 actuals claims - reminder
- Autumn term flexibility for 2 year olds starting after headcount
- Post Headcount Exceptional Payment forms for children claiming in the 9 months plus age group
- Submitting actuals correctly for 2 year olds
- Ofsted guidance on school-based early years and childcare settings
- Supervised toothbrushing in early years settings - support available
- Childminder groups
- Kent and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub newsletter
- Early Years training
- Issue 36/2025:
- Starting school applications
- New opportunity to join our Provider Forum
- SEND updates - new online Child Development Centre referral form
- Response to community impact from national and local protests
- Grow, Learn and Flourish West Sussex Teaching School Hub - September 2025 newsletter
- Congratulations
- Early Years training
- Special newsletter:
- Upcoming changes to early years inspections - what you need to know
- Issue 35/2025:
- Business Focus - Funded course to support your childcare business
- Autumn term 2025 actuals claims - action required
- Online Provider Portal training - available to book now
- Best Start in Life replaces Childcare Choices
- Safeguarding in out-of-school settings
- Free potty training webinar for parents and carers
- Training opportunity with Ben Kingston-Hughes
- Issue 38/2025:
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August 2025
- Issue 34/2025:
- Safeguarding Focus - Neglect guidance
- Congratulations to Welcome House Day Nursery
- Supervised toothbrushing
- Free toilet training posters and handouts
- Early Years training
- Issue 33/2025:
- Warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Early years expansion and budget grant payments
- Early Years Funded Entitlement for Working Families eligibility codes
- Increasing awareness of the 2 year health and development review
- Access to urgent NHS dental care
- Online Provider Portal training
- Funded Level 3 Specialist in Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator qualification
- Kent and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
- Early Years training
- Issue 32/2025:
- Business Focus - Wrapround Programme Funding Grant
- Reminder - Early Years Funded Entitlement autumn 2025 term estimates close this week
- Online Provider Portal training - now available to book
- Warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- It is never too late to have vaccinations
- Early Years training
- Nominate a colleague for a King’s birthday honour
- Issue 31/2025:
- 'Activate' - a new physical activity campaign
- Winners of the early years and childcare workforce review prize draw
- Skills Bootcamps to boost careers and recruitment across West Sussex
- Leading excellence in early years: quality first teaching - application deadline extended
- Early Years training - new date added
- Issue 34/2025:
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July 2025
- Issue 29/2025:
- Safeguarding Focus - Safeguarding self-assessment tool and keeping babies safe resources
- Have your say on the future of local government in West Sussex
- Family Hub availability over the summer holidays
- Childcare Choices - digital leaflet available
- Kent and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Newsletter
- Issue 28/2025:
- Revised Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework
- Ofsted renewed inspection framework webinars
- Early Years Foundation Stage safeguarding and welfare requirement changes
- Leading Excellence in Early Years: Quality First Teaching
- Vaccinated children should not be excluded from settings
- Paying for childcare – new resource to share with parents
- Childcare Choices provider updates
- Funded level 3 qualification opportunity
- Early Years Education with Early Years Teacher Status MA - additional funded places available
- Early Years Training
- Issue 27/2025:
- Workforce Focus
- Help us gather feedback on the Impact of Early Years Funded Entitlement
- Children starting school
- SEND and Inclusion newsletter
- Grow, Learn and Flourish West Sussex Teaching School Hub end of year review
- Early Years Training; Summer Reading Challenge - coming to a library near you
- Issue 26/2025:
- Business Focus - Limiting place capacity
- Early Years Funded Entitlement - autumn term 2025 estimates now open
- Post Headcount Exceptional Payment forms for 9 months plus funding claims
- Department for Education consultation on floor space requirements - closing soon
- Celebrating success of our early years superheroes -Toybox Day Nursery
- Kent & Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub newsletter
- Early Years Training
- Issue 29/2025:
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June 2025
- Special newsletter - Early Years Funding updates
- Issue 24/2025:
- Warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Right From the Start
- West Sussex Early Years and Childcare Strategy update
- New resources to share with parents
- Boost your skills - visit our training and qualifications web pages
- Early Years training
- Issue 23/2025:
- Business Focus - Workplace recycling - are you compliant?
- Summer term Post Headcount Exceptional Payment for eligible working families of children aged 9 months to 2 years old - no exceptional reason needed
- Advanced warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Changes to Online Provider Portal login screen
- Department for Education consultation - floor space requirements for children
- Free Open University early years resources
- Kent and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
- Early Years training
- Issue 22/2025:
- Early Help Focus - Early Help community outreach engagement
- Warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Wraparound Childcare Programme Funding and wraparound webinar
- Working together to safeguard children - update
- Check an early years qualification service - available now
- New Early Education and Childcare Coalition survey
- Free paediatric first aid training
- Free nutrition webinars
- Education Endowment Fund (EEF) opportunities
- Early Years training
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May 2025
- Issue 21/2025:
- Safeguarding Focus - Pan Sussex half day conference -
- Understanding safeguarding children in a digital age
- Advanced warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Summer term Post Headcount Exceptional Payment (PHEP) flexibility for eligible working families of children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Updating your staff contact information
- New Department for Education (DfE) newsletter for early years providers
- Anti-Racist Education Conference
- Allergy support for schools and early years providers
- New Ofsted blog post
- Early Years training - funding for one free paediatric first aid training per setting
- Issue 20/2025:
- Impact of childcare expansion survey
- Jobs in Early Years and Childcare newsletter
- Children, Young People and Learning SEND and Inclusion newsletter
- West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership - free training
- Fire Safety training
- Early Years training
- Issue 19/2025:
- Business Focus - explore our business support web pages for settings
- Summer term Early Years Funded Entitlement actuals - deadline this Friday
- Right From The Start Early Years survey
- Childminding week
- Early Years Funded Entitlements for Working Families - 30 hours applications open now
- New Ofsted research report
- Wraparound settings - inclusive provision
- Fully funded Early Years SENCO training - apply now
- Department for Education launches new consultation on floor space requirements
- Early Years training
- Issue 18/2025:
- Summer term 2025 actuals claims - action required
- Early Years Funded Entitlement for Working Families codes - new online request for support form
- Termly provider update
- Childcare Expansion Capital Grant funding - deadline approaching
- Early Language Support for Every Child - free event
- National Wraparound Childcare Programme Grant Funding
- National Professional Qualification Autumn 2025 update
- West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership - free training
- Grant/funding opportunity
- Early Years training
Early years funding newsletter
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- Summer term 2025 actuals claims - action required
- Parent declaration forms
- Early Years Pupil Premium
- Claiming Disability Access Fund
- Inclusion Funding - changes for summer term 2025
- Monthly payments - progress update
- Changes to the statutory guidance
- Applying to amend your Early Years Funded Entitlement offer
- Help us to answer your queries more efficiently
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- Consultation on Early Years Funded Entitlement payment schedules - update
- Mandatory Early Years Census 2025 - action required
- Spring term 2025 actuals claims - action required
- Working Families eligibility codes
- Parent declaration forms
- Early Years Pupil Premium
- Claiming Disability Access Fund
- Help us to answer your queries more efficiently
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- Consultation on Early Years Funded Entitlement payment schedules - update
- Autumn term 2024 Actuals claims - now open
- Working Family eligibility codes
- Parent declaration forms
- Early Years Pupil Premium
- 2 year old Local Authority Issued Early Years Funded Entitlements - checking eligibility
- Claiming Disability Access Fund
- Help us to answer your queries more efficiently
- Autumn term Post Headcount Exceptional Payment requests for eligible working families of children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Viewing your payment details on the online provider portal
Out of school newsletter
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- 4/2025:
- National Wraparound Childcare Programme Grant Funding
- Monitoring visits
- Management information survey - grant funded providers only
- Working together to safeguard children update
- Out of School Alliance - one year free membership
- Careers in early years and childcare website
- Early Years training - funding for one free paediatric first aid training per setting
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- 3/2025:
- National Wraparound Childcare Programme Grant Funding
- Childcare Expansion Capital Grant Funding - applications open for further projects
- Leases and licenses
- Careers in early years and childcare website
- Out of School Alliance - one year free membership
- National Wraparound Childcare Programme - information for maintained schools and academy trusts
- Supporting wraparound providers to provide inclusive provision
- Training opportunities for wraparound and out of school providers
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March 2025
- 2/2025
- National Wraparound Childcare Programme Grant Funding - deadline extended
- Inclusive practice in wraparound provision
- Wraparound Childcare Toolkit
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January 2025
- 1/2025
- Childcare Expansion Capital Grant Funding – applications open for further projects
- Wraparound Childcare Funding Grant - spring term 2025
- Childcare Works provider toolkit launch
- West Sussex Early Years and Childcare Conference 2025
- Champions of Childhood – Celebrating Early Years Heroes
- Early Years Training