Month: November 2025

Join Tanya Petherick from BeMore for a fully funded one-hour online lunch and learn session to find out more and what steps you can take to ensure financial sustainability for your setting. Weds 19 November 12.30pm – 1.30pm.

Devon has been awarded over £3.5 million to help schools, childminders, and providers expand, or launch wraparound childcare services. This is a fantastic opportunity to boost childcare availability and support working families across the county. Providers can now access funding even for partial hours, making it easier for smaller or rural settings to participate. Applications close February 2026 – act now!

We are delighted to let you know that our winter 2025 Holiday Activities & Food Programme is now live and there are plenty of spaces available for children in Devon.

Fully funded play training for practitioners working in the out of school sector. Weds 3 December (9.30am – 2.30pm) – Exeter. Book now as places are limited!

The new Ofsted inspection framework will be implemented in November 2025. To support early years and childcare providers in preparing for these changes, Ofsted Senior HMI will be delivering two live briefing sessions in November (14 Nov and 17 Nov).

We would like to congratulate two of our Devon Childminders, one based in East Devon and one based in South Devon, on achieving ‘Outstanding’ in their recent Ofsted inspections. Well done!

View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.

It’s Funding Friday and this week we have information from ‘BlueSpark Foundation’ and ‘The Yapp Charitable Trust’.