A Christmas message from Val Smith, Manager of the Early Years and Childcare Service and a letter from Minister Ford.
Month: December 2020
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Spring Term forecast
Spring term forecast payments are currently being processed.
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Disability Access Funding (DAF)
Disability Access Funding (DAF) is available for 3 and 4 year olds who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance and accessing some or all of their Early Years Funding.
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Early Years Census – Spring 2021
Devon County Council (DCC) are required by law to submit an Early Years Census return to the Department for Education (DfE) every spring for each funded private, voluntary and independent (PVI) provider within the local authority area. From January, all the information required for the Early Years Census will be submitted through the provider portal.
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Attendance Register update: Important Change from January
The last attendance data return for this year has now been made to the DFE. If you are open you should continue to make Attendance Register returns up until January 6; after that date the Attendance Register will no longer be accessible.
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Starting in January 2021 Termly Parent Surveys
Another new development within our service is a survey for parents to complete about their childcare needs. The data we collect through this survey will be used to inform us where there is a need for more childcare provision.
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Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Updated information on: quality assurance visits, 30-hour entitlements: amended references to autumn (childminders and funding and business support sections) and number of days of self-isolation (system of controls, returning from abroad and childminders sections). Also, an updated reporting flowchart from Public Health England (PHE).
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Ofsted operational guidance
An operational note for Ofsted inspectors carrying out assurance inspections of registered early years providers from January 2021.
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Competitions and Markets Authority provider charging update
The Department for Education (DfE) has received a number of enquiries from Local Authorities regarding the Competitions and Markets Authority’s (CMA) advice to the sector on charging earlier in the year within the current circumstances.
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Early years job adverts – w/c 14/12/2020
View the latest jobs in early years.