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Elizabeth Truss, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare, has today written to Local Authorities in England about how they can encourage more high quality affordable childcare provision in their area. See the letter here
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Autumn Statement 2013 The Autumn Statement 2013 delivered on 5th December contained two elements that are of interest to childcare businesses. Employers do not need to take any action on these announcements as they will take effect automatically. National Insurance Contributions for under 21s From April 2015 the government will abolish employer NICs for those under the age of 21, (with the exception of those earning more than the Upper Earnings Limit). All childcare business employing under 21s will benefit from this move. Cap on increases to Business Rates With no policy change, business rates for 2014-15 would have risen by 3.2%, in line with September 2013 RPI. The…
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Please find attached a document from the Disclosure & Barring Service that some of you mind find helpful. DBS Helpful Links.pdf My thanks to Dawn, one of my LA members for sharing
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Hi all - Is anyone on the mailing list for this event at Olympia yet? If so, did you notice we've been mentioned in dispatches? :1b
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Edward Timpson speaks to the Local Government Association special educational needs conference To read his speech see here In March 2011, the Government published a 'Green Paper' setting out their proposed changes for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN), learning difficulties and disabilities, across services provided by health, social care and education. This was in response to the fact that hundreds of thousands of families have a disabled child or a child with SEN. Parents have said that the current system is bureaucratic and adversarial and that it does not sufficiently reflect the needs of their child and their family life. The Gove…
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Xmas pics
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Right folks, the time to dust off your sleigh bells and dig out the tangled rope lights is approaching! We would like you to upload some Christmas themed photos that can be displayed on the front page carousel (the image sliding thingy at the top of the home page). If you feel that you have appropriate shots of your setting, then please follow these instructions from now and all through December to upload them (*Note: images have to be approved by us before they appear, so there will be a delay between upload and display): Click on 'gallery' in the 'Apps' section of green navigation menu at the top of the page. Click on the 'Upload' button on the top right hand side of…
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Consultation on the Early Years in the Code of Practice This Code of Practice is statutory guidance for organisations who work with and support children and young people with SEN and disability and their parents. Click on the link below to read the relevant sections of the Code for early years. This consultation closes on the 9th December 2013, visit the .GOV.UK website for more information. Chapter 1 – general messages about the purpose of the Code Chapter 2 – principles underpinning the Code which applies to all Chapter 6 – specific guidance about support for children with SEN in the early years Download Code of Practice areas relevant to early years
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Just spotted this; DfE doubles early years apprenticeship bursary If you know anyone interested they will need to be quick "The inflated funding is available to the first 200 people who successfully apply to the scheme"
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Today, the Department for Education and the Department for Health have published ‘Good Practice in Information Sharing in the Foundation Years’. The information is available to view on the Foundations website. The documents include the final report from the ‘task and finish’ group, Ministers’ letter to Jean Gross, and 18 case studies demonstrating good practice in information sharing.
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The updated versions of Conducting early years inspections and the Evaluation schedule for inspections of registered early years provision is now available on the Ofsted website. These versions highlight the introduction of the ”requires improvement” judgement which makes it clear nothing less than good is good enough. The schedule gives clear grade descriptors which not only guide inspectors in the making of their judgements and most importantly are helpful in supporting individual setting’s self-evaluation processes. As previously attention is given to what an inspector “sees on the day of inspection” but also the knowledge of the provision being inspected. The doc…
