Government updates
Updates include: ‘Early years qualifications achieved in the United Kingdom’; ‘Summer born children: advice for parents’; ‘Early years foundation stage profile return’ and ‘Care to Learn Guide for the 2023 to 2024 academic year’.
Early years and childcare safeguarding self audit 2023 -2024
The safeguarding self audit audit must be completed by all early years and childcare providers. Please complete by 30th June, thank you.
Cost of living payment
Over 8 million families to receive £301 cost of living payment from today.
Coronation celebration!
How will you be celebrating the Coronation? Please share your photos and videos with us!
Consultation: Denbury Primary School – proposal to extend the age range
Devon County Council is consulting on a proposal to lower the age range of Denbury Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11 years of age with effect from September 2023.
0-2 Community Action Grant funding
Action for Children have been awarded further funding by Devon County Council to assist groups and organisations who support parents and carers of 0-2 year olds who may have been affected by the pandemic and they are inviting applications for funding to help you set up or expand your current provision.
Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) 2023
Applications are open for 2023! We invite you to make an application to become a HAF provider over the Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays this year. Applications close at 12pm on 6 February 2023.
Deadline for September 2023 primary school applications approaching
Children born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019 are due to start primary school in September 2023. Applications close on Sunday 15 January 2023.
Congratulations to our ‘Outstanding’ providers
We would like to congratulate Vranch House School, Plymtree Pre-school, Westhill Nursery and one of our Newton Abbot Childminders on achieving ‘Outstanding’ in their recent Ofsted inspections. Well done!
Scarlet fever and Group A Streptococcal infections
We are currently seeing an increase in notifications of scarlet fever in the community. Please see national communication from UKHSA.