• Early Years Pupil Premium

    Early Years Pupil Premium is available for Children in Care if they: are looked after by a Local Authority in England or Wales and are placed in foster care or have left care in England or Wales through: a Special Guardianship Order, a Child Arrangements Order or an Adoption Order.

  • Government updates

    Updates include: ‘Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) notifications by registered early years and childcare settings’; ‘Survey of childcare and early years providers and coronavirus (COVID-19): wave 3’; ‘Use of free early education entitlements funding during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak’; ‘Households and bubbles of pupils, students and staff of schools, nurseries and colleges: get rapid lateral flow tests’; and ‘Check early years qualifications’.

  • Update on testing and shielding

    Guidance from the Department for Education includes information on testing for early years providers, including childminders, and the end of shielding for clinically vulnerable people.

  • Early years qualifications – clarification on ‘knowledge only’ pathway

    To enable progression for learners who are unable to access a work placement due to the current restrictions, NCFE CACHE worked together with Ofqual, Department for Education (DfE), Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and UCAS to agree how learners can progress through a ‘knowledge only’ version of EYE or EYP qualifications.

  • Government updates

    Information on: Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak; Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak; Households and bubbles of pupils, students and staff of schools, nurseries and colleges: get rapid lateral flow tests; Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and Information for parents and carers: coronavirus (COVID-19).