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Important health updates
The latest health information and guidance for childcare providers.
Early Years and Childcare News
Updates and information for early years practitioners and childcare providers.
Information for childcare providers
Information for childcare providers
Early Years SEND
Information to help you support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Early years safeguarding
Quality assurance and safeguarding documents for childcare practitioners.
Early Years training
Develop your career in Early Years on our CPD courses. Find out what courses are coming up, how to book and how much we charge per course.
Let's Make Communication Count
A project to support children with their communication, language, and literacy development.
Early Education Funding Forms for Practitioners
Forms and guides for childcare practitioners to use when claiming Early Education Funding for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
Childcare sufficiency
Useful information for childcare providers, to keep your services sufficient and reliable for parents and children.
Bilingual Beginnings for children learning English as an additional language
How to support children in your setting who are learning English as an additional language.
Integrated review at 2
Early Years practitioners and Health Visiting Teams work together to ensure all 2-year-olds have an integrated review at two.
Becoming a childminder or nanny
There are a few stages to complete before you can become a childminder.
Setting up a childcare business
How to set up a childcare business, pre-school or nursery.
Useful websites
Useful resources for childcare providers and practitioners
Wellbeing Resources
We have put together a selection of wellbeing resources for staff, children and parents.
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