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Health protection in children and young people’s settings, including education
A practical guide for staff on managing cases of infectious diseases in children and young people’s settings.
Further advice on safer sleep from the Department for Education
The guidance, created in collaboration with the Lullaby Trust, provides advice to help early years providers create and maintain safer sleep environments for babies and young children in their care.
Making the most of digital tools for early years and childcare providers – recording
Our recently recorded digital upskilling resource is designed to strengthen providers’ confidence with Microsoft 365 applications.
New early years pupil premium planning tool
The Education Endowment Foundation have published a new four-step planning tool to help you make the best spending choices. This planning tool introduces key findings from high-quality research to help you reduce the learning gap between children from lower-income backgrounds and others.
Changes to early years inspection windows
Ofsted will begin inspecting early education and childcare providers more frequently from April 2026, in line with the DfE’s Best Start in Life strategy.
Early years and childcare job adverts – w/c 20/04/2026
View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.
HMRC working entitlement deadline 31st March 2026
This is a reminder that if you have any new children that want to claim working entitlement funding from the 1st April 2026 (summer term) they will need to have applied and received their working entitlement code from HMRC by 31st March 2026.
Have you recently taken over responsibility for using the Provider Portal? Are you new to funding or need a refresher?
The Early Years Funding team are running some training sessions around how to complete your summer headcount tasks and summer amendment tasks – sessions running in May and July.
Message from Public Health Devon – are you planning a spring day out on one of Devon’s many countryside attractions?
With our county’s brilliant choice of family-friendly farms and rural attractions, it’s a great time to get outside. Just remember that animals can sometimes carry germs that make people ill — young children and pregnant women maybe particularly vulnerable. Read our top tips to keep your visit fun and safe.
Early years and childcare job adverts – w/c 23/03/2026
View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.