Year: 2021

The collection of Early Years Attendance data will resume for November.  Providers will receive an email with a unique link to the survey on Thursday 4th November 2021 for return on Wednesday 10th November 2021.

Welcome to the October edition of the SEND newsletter.

NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, (Devon CCG), is working jointly with Children and Family Health Devon and Livewell South West to undertake a review of the current community health contracts for children, delivered by Children and Family Health Devon, and Livewell South West, across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay.

Funding and financial support available for education, childcare and children’s social care organisations.

The Department for Education (DfE) have been made aware by Ofsted that some Early Years settings have not been reporting COVID-related closures to them because they think this is no longer a requirement.

Many funded providers choose to use the Parents Declaration Form Template to collect the information from parents that they need to make a funding claim. If you use this template please check the refreshed version that we have produced. It is now fully accessible, meaning that anyone who may have had difficulty accessing the print on the old template should now find it much easier to read.

We are trying to increase the take-up of Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) in Devon so that more funding is reaching Early Years providers to support disadvantaged children.

Devon Early Years and Childcare Service has been invited by the Department of Education (DfE) to be involved in the delivery of an Early Years CPD programme that is part of a national Government initiative to improve children’s outcomes in early language, literacy and mathematics.

Updates include: ‘Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak’; ‘Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak’; ‘What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19’ and ‘Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak’.

We have made some changes regarding our internal processes for 2 year old funding and new invites are being sent to parents, however for providers you will see little change.