Month: November 2019

This is a final reminder for all childcare providers that have yet to do so to complete a safeguarding self audit by 2nd December 2019

Disability Access Funding (DAF) is available for 3 & 4 year olds who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance and accessing some or all of their Early Years Funding. An annual allocation of £615 is available each year for a child regardless of how many hours they attend.

Places available on our Paediatric First Aid training courses.

Public Health England have advised that influenza is beginning to circulate in certain parts of the UK. View the latest info here.

Devon County Council has become the first council in the South West to sign a Local Government Declaration to promote healthy weight across the county through improved food and drink provision.

The Pollinators Action Plan has advice on planting to attract pollinating insects.

View the latest jobs in early years.

This course will consider the ‘word gap’ and how teaching and support in the early years can help to reduce this.

This is our 30 hour termly update we send to all providers to ensure that 30 hours funding is available for as many families and children in Devon. It is important that children who are newly funded or who move to you from 1st January 2020 still have an eligible code as the Grace Period will not apply.

In this recent webinar, Ian Ward (Team Leader Early Years Workforce at the Department for Education (DfE)) answered questions about new qualifications and apprenticeship developments