Month: April 2025

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to grow your services and contribute to the well-being of young children in your community. Apply now and be part of this limited initiative! Closing date: 25 May 2025.

Ofsted has launched a consultation on a new approach to inspection and reporting on education providers, including early years providers. Closing date to respond to consultation is Monday 28th April 2025.

Calling all early years and childcare and wraparound providers! Come and join our fully funded ‘Fun with Food’ workshop running on 20 May at 7pm – 8pm. The session will cover healthy and fun food activities for children and how to manage on a low budget with limited kitchen facilities as well as adapting to suit individuals with dietary requirements and intolerances. 

New guidance helping early years providers offer healthy, balanced and nutritious food.

Join us in celebrating World Health Organisation Hand Hygiene Day on 5th May! Let’s promote good handwashing practices in our schools, early years settings, and childminding environments.

We would like to congratulate Bambinos Day Nursery on achieving ‘Outstanding’ in their recent Ofsted inspection. Well done!

New Government rules to simplify how workplaces in England sort their recycling and waste have now come into force. It means that organisations with 10 or more employees must ensure their waste is separated for recycling.

View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.

It’s Funding Friday and this week we have funding information from: Book Relief.

There will be no Digest over the next two weeks. The Digest will resume after the Easter holiday break w/c 21 April 2025.