Month: December 2025

The DfE have recently updated their terminology and have started to refer to ‘targeted’ 2-year-old funding as ‘Families Requiring Additional Support’ (FRAS) and in the coming months we will be updating our systems and guidance to reflect this change. It is important that you inform your staff and update your parent literature to ensure everyone is familiar with the term ‘FRAS’ funding.

To help you deliver sessions for Safer Internet Day (which will take place on 10th February 2026), the UK Safer Internet Centre have created a range of free, engaging and interactive resources on this year’s official theme: ‘smart tech, safe choices – exploring the safe and responsible use of AI’.

Play England will hold its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday 19 December at 1pm – 2pm. This will be of interest to those working in out of school clubs, wraparound and HAF provision.

Join us for Sound Starts, a practical and inspiring Early Years music CPD event designed to help educators, practitioners, and musicians build confidence in delivering inclusive music experiences for young children. Tuesday 10th March 2026 at Future Skills Centre, Exeter.

Protect your organisation from cyber criminals for free by using The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) cyber security toolkit.

View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.

It’s Funding Friday and this week we have funding information from: ‘IT4Good – WCIT Charity’ and ‘Emergency Essentials Programme – BBC Children in Need’.