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 2026
- Issue 38/2026:
- Business Focus: Marketing for early years and childcare providers
- Online Parent Declaration - available tomorrow
- Early Years Funded Entitlement (EYFE) for Working Families eligibility code checking
- Free online Level 2 Early Years Practitioner diploma: enrol before 15 October 2026
- New Martyn’s Law guidance for education settings
- Department for Education Funded Inclusion Training
- Early Years training
- Issue 37/2026:
- Have you submitted your termly provider update?
- Palliative and end of life care needs assessment findings webinar
- Have your say on the future of early childhood
- Encourage timely vaccinations
- Early Years training
- Issue 36/2026:
- Safeguarding focus - Department for Education (DfE) and National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) early years safeguarding training
- Reminder: Safer recruitment considerations and the disclosure and barring service (DBS)
- New: Safer Sleep and Sudden Unexplained Death in Infancy (SUDI) prevention training
- Reminder: new opportunity for early education leaders, including childminders, to join our early years provider forum
- Reminder: regulated activity - removal of the supervision exemption from 1 September 2026
- Sepsis awareness month
- Update from Kent and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
- Issue 35/2026:
- Good level of development focus
- Product recall - Vicloon baby teethers
- Starting school applications
- Portage workshop - A small steps approach to learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities
- Safer recruitment considerations and the disclosure and barring service (DBS)
- Making every contact count vaccination training - supporting early years conversations
- Operation Encompass - Update from Sussex police
- New, free training from the Virtual School - everyone is welcome
- Issue 34/2026:
- Autumn term 2026 census and actuals claims - action required
- New opportunity for early education leaders, including childminders, to join our early years provider forum
- Protecting children this autumn
- Home learning environment guidance
- New safer sleep Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) prevention training
- Free family learning courses staring this September
- Early years training
- Issue 38/2026:
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August 2026
- Issue 33/2026:
- Safeguarding focus - Changes to the early years foundation stage from 1 September 2026: suitable people; Early Years Training - safeguarding and child protection; Inclusive Safeguarding: Strengthening Protection for Children with Disabilities conference
- Update - missing payment remittance documents
- Schema Play with Tamsin Grimmer
- Screen use guidance for early years providers
- Guidance from the Education Endowment Foundation
- Hello from Kent and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
- Early Years training
- Issue 32/2026:
- Business Focus - The power of work experience in early education and childcare
- Inclusive Early Years Fund 2026/27
- Webinars now available - changes to claiming for children after headcount from autumn 2026
- Early Years Teaching Degree Apprenticeship at Roehampton University
- Early Years training
- Issue 31/2026:
- Moderate air pollution alert and amber heat-health alert
- Early Years Funded Entitlement autumn term estimates - submissions close Friday
- Paying your annual fee with Ofsted
- Sussex Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) report
- West Sussex Neglect Strategy 2024 to 2029
- What have we learned about children born during the pandemic
- Celebrating good practice
- New podcast from Ofsted available
- July update from the Kent and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub
- Making Every Contact Count vaccination training - supporting early years conversations
- Issue 33/2026:
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July 2026
- Special newsletter - Enterovirus meningitis: reminder to follow infection prevention and control guidance
- Issue 30/2026:
- Safeguarding focus - Department for Education and National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children early years safeguarding training
- Emerging safeguarding consideration: tracking and recording devices
- Amber heat health-alert
- Safer sleep product guidance
- Early Years training
- Issue 29/2026:
- Remittance advice update
- New Early Years Teacher Degree Apprenticeship
- Why vaccination matters
- Signpost families to the Best Start in Life website
- Early Years training
- Issue 28/2026:
- Good Level of Development Focus - mathematical development
- Changes to the early years foundation stage statutory framework
- Service update: West Sussex County Council phone line issues
- Early Years funding consultation 2026; Have your say on early years teaching reforms
- Regulated activity: removal of the supervision exemption from 1 September 2026
- Priority Services Register - support for families and staff
- Business support tools for providers
- Watch the webinar: bringing a reading-rich culture to life
- Good news to share from the 2026 Annual Literacy Survey
- SEND and Inclusion newsletter
- Early Years training
- Special newsletter - Service update - West Sussex County Council phone line issues
- Issue 27/2026:
- Update to weather heat alert for early education and childcare
- Connect with the Family Information Service and your local Best Start Family Hub on Instagram
- Changes to the way you request funding after headcount
- Have your say on the Competition and Markets Authority Childcare Services review
- Watch the webinar: how new government funded training can help you support SEND in your setting
- Free online early years child development training
- National Programme Qualifications update
- Childminding UK - have you read their blog?
- Kent and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
- Early Years training
- Special newsletter - Yellow heat-health warning - keeping children safe in hot weather
- Special newsletter - Service update: normal service restored
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June 2026
- Issue 25/2026:
- Safeguarding Focus
- Childhood immunisations reminder
- Starting school with West Sussex libraries
- Tax-Free Childcare
- Supporting Traveller Families to Access Early Education
- Apprenticeships funding update - changes for August 2026
- Early Years training
- Special newsletter - Update to weather heat alert for early education and childcare setting
- Issue 24/2026:
- Good Level of Development Focus - National Year of Reading 'Go All In'
- Advanced warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Transitions - effective information sharing for children moving on
- Early education partnership funding - applications now open
- West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Careers Hub summer conference - July 2026
- School-based Nursery Capital Grant update
- Leading Excellence in Early Years: Quality First Teaching
- Read to the Beat this summer; Slides from recent network meetings
- Issue 23/2026:
- Business Focus - supporting the Early Years workforce
- Operation Encompass - reminder for settings
- Virtual School support with transitions and training opportunities
- Childminder assistants - where to start with recruitment
- Webinar - creating a reading rich culture
- National Year of reading
- Early Years SENCO Level 3
- Training opportunity in the Arun Area
- Update from Kent and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
- Early Years training
- Issue 22/2026:
- Deadline approaching - Thriving in Education grant
- Safer sleep guidance for early education and childcare settings
- Early Years Funded Entitlements for 9 months plus, 2, 3 and 4 year olds - summer term payments
- Expression of interest - Level 3 SENCO award in south of the county
- National Professional Qualification Autumn 2026 update
- GLF West Sussex Teaching School Hub - May 2026 newsletter
- Free resource - Early Years Sustainability and Climate Change Audit
- New guidance to help children starting school; Early Education training
- Issue 25/2026:
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May 2026
- Issue 18/2026:
- Business focus: Committee run provision
- Summer term 2026 termly census and actuals - deadline this Friday
- Reporting serious childcare incidents within 14 days
- Qualify as an Early Years Teacher while you work
- Bursaries for Level 3 diploma working in the early years sector
- Crawley College NCFE CACHE Level 3 Technical
- Occupational entry for Early Years
- Updates for holiday activities and food providers
- Early Years training
- Special newsletter - Business opportunity - West Green Primary School for a PVI provider (Nursery)
- Issue 19/2026:
- Good Level of Development Focus - Mathematical development
- Childminder appreciation week - a big thank you to all of our West Sussex childminders
- Updates to Ofsted documents
- UK Health Security Agency advice for Early Education settings
- Level 3 Safeguarding Support Officer Apprenticeship
- Early Years Specialist Advisory Teachers referral - deadline approaching
- Termly Provider update
- SEND and Inclusion newsletter
- Early Education training
- Special newsletter - Product recall for items containing play sand
- Issue 20/2026:
- Safeguarding Focus - Switched on to privacy: resources for early years, school-age childcare and out-of-school settings
- Worthing Children’s Development Centre - new referral process
- Childminder inspection experience survey
- Kent and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub - training opportunities
- Attunement and Interaction - the magic of communicating without words
- Virtual School newsletter, Personal Education Plan reminder and training opportunities
- Childhood immunisations
- Early Education training
- Issue 21/2026:
- Inclusive Early Years Fund 2026/27
- Early education training - paediatric first aid summer dates
- Our fully funded bursary for a Level 3 Diploma for working in the Early Years sector means you can start at any time
- NCFE CACHE Level 3 Technical Occupational Entry for the Early Years Workforce
- Support your practice with free early years child development training
- Thriving in Education grant reminder
- Ofsted blog post for childminders
- Stronger Practice newsletter
- Issue 18/2026:
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April 2026
- Issue 17/2026:
- Reminder - EYFE termly census and actuals are open
- New webpage for childminders - Changing who you are registered with
- White paper on education reform - consultation reminder
- Supporting families with childhood immunisations
- Making Every Contact Count vaccination training - supporting early years conversations
- Share a story month
- National Education Nature Park webinar
- National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership autumn cohort
- Early Years training
- Special newsletter - Updated statutory guidance for early education and childcare 2026
- Issue 16/2026:
- Safeguarding Focus: Safeguarding during transitions - what you need to do
- West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership safeguarding drop-in sessions
- West Sussex Best Start Plan
- Inclusive Early Years Fund
- New practical advice for families to get children school ready
- Foster carers event from the Virtual School
- Funded Level 3 Early Years SENCO qualifications
- Help improve the ‘Check an early years service qualification’ online service
- Thriving In Education Grants
- Early Years training
- Issue 15/2026:
- Good Level of Development Focus - Physical activity and children's development
- Summer term 2026 census and actuals claims - action required
- Transition events 2026
- Supporting families - Starting Reception website
- Month of the Military Child - activities for settings
- Early Years training
- Issue 14/2026:
- Business Focus: Wickes Community Programme - support for local projects
- Get tax confident
- National living Wage increases to £12.71 per hour
- Online Provider Portal downtime
- Where to find your submitted forms on the Online Provider Portal
- Early years speech and language referral deadline
- Stronger Practice Hub March newsletter
- Early Years training
- Issue 13/2026:
- Advanced warning - Online Provider Portal (OPP) downtime
- Update: confirmed changes to Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework safer sleeping requirement
- Summer 2026 - increase in funded weeks for term time only providers
- Understanding Month of the Military Child
- Early Years Specialist Advisory Teachers (EYSATs) referral deadline 2026
- Updated childcare sufficiency assessment
- Healthy Child Programme Continence Support 2026
- Early Years training
- Issue 17/2026:
Early years funding newsletter
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- Key dates and reminders
- Adjustments replace Post Headcount Exceptional Payment request forms
- Online Parent Declaration - available soon in open beta
- Update to how to provide information on chargeable extras and additional services
- Early Years Pupil Premium
- Claiming Disability Access Fund
- Applying to amend your Early Years Funded Entitlement offer
- Help us to answer your queries more efficiently
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- Early Years Funded Entitlement updates - video
- Spring term 2026 actuals claims - action required
- How to check and submit 2 year old Local Authority Issued Early Years Funded Entitlement codes
- Term time only settings claiming 12 weeks in Spring 2026
- Updated guidance and resources for Early Years Funded Entitlement claims
- Early Education and Childcare Statutory Requirements - from January 2026
- Maximum hours per week for each type of funded entitlement
- Parent declaration forms
- Early Years Pupil Premium
- Claiming Disability Access Fund
- Applying to amend your Early Years Funded Entitlement offer
- Help us to answer your queries more efficiently
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- Autumn term 2025 actuals claims - action required
- Guidance for submitting actuals
- Launch of monthly payments
- Maximum hours per week for each type of funded entitlement
- New feature: checking Local Authority Issued Early Years
- Funded Entitlement eligibility
- Parent declaration forms
- Early Years Pupil Premium
- Claiming Disability Access Fund
- Guidance on optional consumables charges
- Applying to amend your Early Years Funded Entitlement offer
- Help us to answer your queries more efficiently
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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
School-age childcare newsletter
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July 2026
- 4/2026:
- Safeguarding Focus - Switched on to privacy: resources for early years, school-age childcare and out-of-school settings; Reporting serious childcare incidents within 14 days; Strengthening Safeguarding Practices
- Sensory toolkit
- Business support tools for providers
- Updates for Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) providers
- Ofsted blog for holiday providers
- Save the date - West Sussex school-age childcare conference
- Tell us which schools you support
- Setting support phone line
- Free breakfast clubs
- Early Years Training (EYT)
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March 2026
- 2/2026
- Employment Rights Act 2025 - What providers need to know
- Out of School Alliance - free membership offer
- Tell us which schools you provide pick up and drop off for
- New training to help every child and young person thrive
- Parental conduct
- Tax Free childcare
- Kent and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub: summer term training and networks
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January 2026
- 1/2026
- Wraparound Programme Funding - Management information spring return
- Wraparound Childcare Parent Survey
- Wraparound Childcare Programme Funding - deadline
- Holiday Activity and Food programme - expression of interest
- Out of School provider training opportunities
- Out of School Networks; Use your free, funded Paediatric First Aid place - reminder
- Why a SEND information report matters
- Weekly online safeguarding drop-in sessions
- Making a safeguarding referral; Setting support phone line
- Childcare Works - free resources
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- Wraparound Programme Funding - Management information autumn return
- Wraparound Childcare Programme Funding - final deadline
- Tell us which schools you support
- Leases and licenses
- Wraparound Childcare Toolkit
- Setting Support phone line
- Careers in early years and childcare website
- Out of School (Wraparound Childcare) Impact Survey
- Out of School Networks
- Use your free, funded Paediatric First Aid place - reminder
- Out of School provider training opportunities
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September 2025
- 5/2025
- Wraparound Programme Funding Grant
- Monitoring visits
- Wraparound Childcare Programme Funding - Management
- Information autumn 2025
- New networks for Designated Safeguarding Leads
- Early Years Training - free paediatric first aid training
- Out of School providers networks and training
- Out of School Alliance - one year free membership
- Are you interested in a Level 2 Playwork Apprenticeship?
- Termly Provider Update
- Careers in early years and childcare website
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June 2025
- 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
Early years and childcare workforce newsletter
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September 2026
- 3/2026
- Have you had your say on early years teaching reforms?
- Free online early years SENCO training: apply by 27 September
- Do you want a local early years teacher degree apprenticeship offer?
- Early years work experience opportunities wanted - can you help?
- Introducing the Youth Jobs Grant
- Changes to regulated activity rules for volunteers
- Childminders: report new people in your setting
- Early Years Qualifications List - new online format
- Hurry - fully funded Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification - bursaries still available
- New apprenticeship funding opportunities
- Fully funded places available on the National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership
- How Connect to Work could support your recruitment needs
- Early Years experience-based route
- Free online early years child development training
- Early Years training
- Advertise your job vacancies
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April 2026
- 2/2026
- Bursaries for Level 3 Diploma for working in the Early Years sector
- Help us inspire the next generation of early years educators
- Newly Qualified Starters Programme - save £128
- Apprentices and off-the-job training
- Apprenticeship training providers
- Jobs in early years and childcare bulletin
- Early Years and Childcare Workforce events
- Early Years and Childcare Workforce review
- Early Years training
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September 2025
- 1/2025
- Department for Education new strategy - Giving every child the best start in life
- Level 3 qualifications for early years educators
- Apprenticeships
- Early years teacher degree apprenticeship
- Funded SENCO training for early years settings
- Early years skills bootcamps
- National programme qualifications 2025 to 2026
- Early years qualifications standards update
- Safeguarding reforms and recruitment references
- Safeguarding policies and new recruits
- Jobs in early years and childcare bulletin update
- Training opportunity - rethinking the recruitment and retention of staff
- Funded course to support your childcare business