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EY Team news – EY Peer review, L3 SENCo awards and the PDP!
April 8, 2024
FAO: Solihull Early Years and Childcare Leads Solihull Super Starts- early years peer review Please see the final report from the Local Government Association Final Report Solihull LGA EYs Support …
Ofsted: Best Start in Life curriculum roadshow
March 20, 2024
Ofsted is running a Best Start in Life curriculum roadshow for Early Years settings, including childminders. There is a separate session for maintained nursery schools and any school with pre-reception age attending. …
Early Years Updates Feb 24
February 16, 2024
FAO: Solihull Early Years and Childcare leads. Ofsted request – research EYFS and 0-2-year-olds Ofsted have asked us to tell you about a research project they are carrying out into …
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/