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Parents childcare survey summer 2026
Every year we send out a parents childcare survey to parents living in Devon to find out information about their use of childcare. Here is this year’s Parents Childcare Survey, please complete it yourself if you are a parent of a child or young person. Please help us to share the survey To achieve a good
Provider network meetings – it’s not too late to book for a summer term session
Calling all early years and childcare providers in Devon – childminders, nurseries and pre-schools! Have you booked your place yet? This is your space to network, collaborate and influence – while also receiving key updates from the Early Years and Childcare Service.
EYFS Profile Assessment Workshops (for teachers completing the profile in reception classes only)
A Department for Education (DfE) funded workshop for professional dialogue to support the accurate assessment and submission of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP). A Department for Education (DfE) funded workshop for professional dialogue to support the accurate assessment and submission of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP).
Support your practice with free early years child development training
The Department for Education’s Early years child development training is a free, online programme designed by early years experts to support practitioners working with children from birth to reception.
School age childcare provider network meetings (HAF, Wraparound and free breakfast clubs)
These provider network meetings will offer a valuable opportunity to receive updates, access training, share key information, and network with other providers.
Special Guardianship Order (SGO) – lunch time presentation Weds 3 June 2026
Join the SGO Support team for a short presentation about special guardians and to cover their legal position, how they fit in with other services and examples of our work. Wednesday 3rd June 2026 12pm – 1pm.
Ofsted: early years – registering a childminder assistant: what you need to know
As a childminder, employing an assistant can enable you to expand your provision, take on more children, and help create more government-funded early years places for children. In this blog, we explain the process of registering a childminder assistant.
Early Years Foundation Stage conference: connection is the foundation – 8 October, Exeter
This year’s conference explores how we build and sustain meaningful connection across all the places it happens: in the adult–child relationship, through peer play, in partnership with families, and in the everyday routines and experiences that shape children’s sense of safety and identity.
Early years and childcare job adverts – w/c 18/05/2026
View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.
Funding Friday
It’s Funding Friday and this week we have funding information from: ‘Devon County Council: Locality Budgets 2026/27’; ‘Hall & Woodhouse Community Chest’; ‘Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants’ and ‘Crisis and Resilience Fund’.