Month: March 2025

Are you struggling to find the right staff for your childcare provision, including Wraparound and Early Years? Do you need fresh ideas to boost applications and attract quality candidates? If so, this workshop is a must-attend event! Come and join us on Thursday 27th March 2025 at 4pm – 5pm!

Are you struggling to find the right staff for your childcare provision, including Wraparound and Early Years? Do you need fresh ideas to boost applications and attract quality candidates? If so, this workshop is a must-attend event! Workshop takes place on Thursday 27th March 2025 at 4pm – 5pm.

On 8th March 2025, at sunrise, a team of five remarkable women from Mid-Devon stood at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, after an extraordinary six-day ascent. Their goal? To highlight the importance of education for girls worldwide and raise vital funds to help those who don’t have access to the same opportunities they did.

We are collecting orders for BookTrust Pre-schooler packs for those children in targeted areas of Exeter, so please look out for the email in the next week.

An appeal has been launched for local business people to volunteer their time to support the “Enterprise Adviser” initiative run by Devon, Plymouth & Torbay Careers Hub.

Information for parents / carers and settings and schools around the transition to school. Fully funded briefing sessions for providers running 30 April around successful transition for children into school.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published a new guide to the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) in early years settings. EYPP briefings session dates to be announced soon.

The NHS Oral Health Improvement Team are hosting free 1.5 hour online training sessions throughout 2025. The training is aimed at anyone who supports or cares for children of varying ages (parents, teachers, carers, support workers, enablers).

Ofsted has launched a consultation on a new approach to inspection and reporting on education providers, including early years providers. The Early Years and Childcare Service will be running 2 virtual sessions on Friday 21st March and Monday 24th March with Jane Burchall, a Senior HMI with Ofsted, who will discuss the proposals in further detail.

Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.