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Ofsted 0-2s Practitioner Survey

February 15, 2024

Ofsted have asked us to tell you about a research project they are carrying out into practice with 0-2-year-olds in Early Years settings.   The aim of the study is to …


Mental health for early years children

February 5, 2024

Three in four parents of children under five years old are anxious about their child’s mental health | NSPCC 75% of parents of children under five years old are anxious …


DfE Wraparound Programme…

February 2, 2024

DCMS sector wraparound care prospectus [click here] is an early summary of the type of enrichment activity that DCMS sector organisations plan to offer as part of the Department for …


National Recruitment Campaign – Free job advertising via DWP

January 24, 2024

Coming soon: Early Years and Childcare National Recruitment Campaign – upload your vacancies to Find a Job  There’s not long to go until the launch of the Department for Education’s …


EY News Jan 2024

January 15, 2024

FAO: Solihull Early Years Leads What do you ask when children start with you?  I have been asked by the MASH team to remind our early years and childcare community …


EY News 2024!

January 3, 2024

Happy New Year to you all. January 2024 – national publication updates EYFS statutory framework – split versions and summary of changes https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework–2 Early Years qualification requirements and standards – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualification-requirements-and-standards Early …


Changes to the EYFS 4th January 2024

December 21, 2023

Find out more information regarding the upcoming EYFS changes on our solgrid resources page Ofsted and DfE here: https://www.solgrid.org.uk/eyc/resources/ofstedanddfe/


Early Years News

December 21, 2023

Solihull EYC Leaders and Managers Happy Christmas to all our Leaders, Manager and hard working early years and childcare practitioners, Christine Bickle has retired during the Autumn term. We wish her health …


NEW! Working together to safeguard children 2023

December 15, 2023

Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children–2  


EY News Flash

December 5, 2023

Measles symptoms: what to do There are increasing numbers of measles cases occurring in the West Midlands region, including cases in Solihull. Measles is extremely infectious and spreads very rapidly …