Newsletters for Early Years and Childcare providers

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

April 2025

Issue 17/2025:
- New nutrition guidance from the Department for Education
- World Hand Hygiene Day 2025
- Dadpad - New app launch event; Reminder to sign up to Operation Encompass
- Help parents save money on childcare costs; Early Years training
Issue 16/2025:
- Safeguarding Focus - Use of socket covers
- Final reminder - Ofsted consultation on inspections
- Spring term 2025 actuals claims - actioned required
- Chronology training - Train the Trainer
- Early Years training
Issue 15/2025:
- Starting school places
- Help us shape early years services - deadline approaching
- Early Years Funded Entitlement for Working Families codes - new online request for support request
- Improved way to submit Disability Access Fund evidence
- New Local Authority Designated Officer portal for referrals
- New Ofsted blog post
- Early Years training
Special newsletter: Early Years Expansion Grant
Issue 14/2025:

Business Focus - Updated Childcare Sufficiency Assessment
Ofsted consultation on inspections - have you had your say?
Are you prepared for the new climate change requirements?
Free safeguarding training
Early Years training

Issue 13/2025:

Childcare Expansion capital grant funding - applications open for further projects
Specialist Advisory Teachers for Early Years SEND Transition
Department for Education's invitation to the South-East region
Roadshow in Brighton
Operation Encompass update
Help us shape Early Years services
Free toilet training posters and handouts
Early Years training

March 2025

Issue 12/2025:
- Deadline approaching - Early Years Funded Entitlement - Summer term 2025 estimates
- Deadline approaching - Early Years Funded Entitlement for Working Families - Summer term 2025 code
- The Department for Education frequently asked questions guidance about charging
- Ofsted Education Inspection Framework and the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework
- Early years qualifications - new check service
- New Ofsted webinar
- Transition events
- BBC Tiny Happy People survey
- Early Years training
Special Newsletter - Provider Declaration forms for 2025 to 2026
Issue 11/2025:
- Safeguarding Focus - Safer recruitment for staff from overseas and those who have lived abroad
- Recording attendance of children and visitors
- Reminder - Provider Declaration 2025 to 2026
- New resource to support setting's Early Years Pupil Premium spending
- Reminder - Operation Encompass briefings
- World Oral Health Day - new resources to download and share
- 'Little Moments Together' campaign
- Pelvic floor exercises for new parents
Issue 10/2025:
- Early Years Funded Entitlement - Summer 2025 term estimates now open
- Operation Encompass information
- New careers in early years and childcare website
- Ordinarily Available Inclusive Practice copies posted to you
- National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership
- SEND and Inclusion Newsletter - Spring 2025
- Early Years training
Special Newsletter - Indicative Budget report 2025 to 2026
Issue 9/2025:

Business Focus - Paying employer National Insurance contributions for apprentices
Provider Declaration for 2025 to 2026 - number of funded weeks in spring and summer terms 2026
Information on supporting special education needs and disabilities
Early years and childcare workforce review - deadline extended
Confused about staff-to-child ratios?
Workplace recycling changes from 31 March 2025 - early years and childcare providers impacted
New website - Careers in early years and childcare, 1 week to go
Webinar for early years providers: improving the way Ofsted inspects education
Changes to apprenticeship expectations for adult learners
Early Years training

Special Newsletter - Early Years Funded Entitlement 2025 to 2026 updates

February 2025

Special newsletter - Online Provider Portal downtime extended
Issue 8/2025:
- Final reminder - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Wraparound Childcare Funding Grant
- Early Years Funded Entitlements spring term payments
- Champions of childhood: Celebrating early years heroes conference 2025 - spaces are limited
- Coming soon - careers in early years and childcare website and Jobs in early years and childcare newsletter
- Childcare Works Wraparound and Early Years Provider Toolkit
- Supporting regular activity and exercise before and after pregnancy
- Kent Early Years Stronger Practice Hub newsletter
- Early Years training
Special newsletter - Updated early education and childcare statutory guidance
Issue 7/2025:
- Safeguarding Focus: Updated safeguarding letter for parents and carers
- Advanced warning - Online Provider Portal downtime
- Changes to the setting support phone line
- Early Years Funded Entitlement - Indicative Budget report
- When do you need to notify Ofsted?
- Champions of childhood: Celebrating early years heroes conference 2025 - meet our workshop leader
- Specialist Advisory Teachers for Early Years SEND Transition (EYSAT’S)
- Fire Safety training
- Early Years training
Issue 6/2025:
- Early Help Focus - Early Help service special educational needs and disabilities events
- Childcare Expansion Capital Grant funding - deadline approaching
- Business opportunity in Walberton - reminder
- Wraparound Childcare Funding Grant
- New Early Years Funded Entitlement web pages for parents/carers
- Early years and childcare workforce review - have your say
- Champions of childhood: Celebrating early years heroes conference 2025
- National Professional Qualifications information
- New toilet training guidance
- Network presentations
- Early Years training
Issue 5/2025:

Business Focus - Childcare Expansion Myth-buster
Ofsted inspections - consultation launched
New information for early years and childcare providers website - now available
Recognise your apprentice by nominating them for our Exceptional Early Years Apprentice Award
Right from the Start: West Sussex Early Years and Childcare Strategy - we need you!
Introducing the new experience-based route for practitioners to count in ratio at level 3
Deadline for Childminder Start-up Grant applications - reminder
Early Years and Childcare Workforce Survey
Champions of childhood: celebrating early years heroes conference 2025 - meet our workshop leader
Early Years training

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