Early Years

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Funding Information Reminder, you can find all updated funding information; including Parent declaration forms, Key dates & hourly rates here. Accident Prevention  Shared on behalf of Northumberland Children and Young People Safety Reference Group, which the EY Team attended on the 19th March. Falls across all ages remain an issue both locally and nationally. Therefore, falls are a key priority area over the April and June period.  We would like to invite all […]

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Working Together to Safeguard Children- Update  DfE has recently updated Working together to Safeguard Children, its statutory guidance on multi-agency working to safeguard children in England. The guidance applies to all organisations and agencies in England who have functions relating to children, setting out how they can work together to support

Overview Please see attached. This phase of the programme will be led by local authorities, who have been invited to develop multi-year funding proposals that outline project plans for new or expanded SBNs in their area, located in state-funded primary schools, Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) and Best Start Family Hubs (BSFH). The

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Northumberland Local Code of Practice – April 2026   Please find attached the updated NLCoP. This will shortly be available to read and accept within your wizard account.  New Parent Declaration Form  Please find attached the new parent declaration form. This is in a new format and must be used for new

As part of our support offer to help Northumberland schools digest the Ofsted Inspection Toolkit, we are delivering an online session to help you unpick the Inspection Toolkit for Early Years in Schools. This session is suitable for headteachers, Early Years Leaders, reception teachers and nursery teachers. The session will take place

The DfE have released further supporting guidance for teachers completing the EYFS Profile at the end of the reception year. Click here to access the resources: Help for early years providers : EYFS profile assessment support

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Learning for Twos (ELF2) You will see some changes to the eligibility checkers in wizard from Monday next week regarding what was previously known as ‘Disadvantaged 2 Year Old Funding’. In line with the changes from central Government, this funding will now be

EYFS Conference 2026: Wired to Learn Discover the neuroscience behind early childhood at the 2026 EYFS Conference: Wired to Learn, a specialised professional development event for Early Career Teachers, new EYFS leads, and practitioners. Hosted by the Three Rivers Professional Development Institute and Cheviot Learning Trust, this conference explores how developmental cognitive neuroscience can enable

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Sustainability and Climate Change Audit Many settings may already have a range of tools and resources in place to support sustainability and address climate change within their practice. For those that do not, and are now beginning to consider this area of work, the following information and Audit

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team New Parent Declaration Form  Please find attached the new parent declaration form. This is in a new format and must be used for new children going forward.  2nd headcount SPR 2025-26 If you require a 2nd headcount form for disadvantaged funded 2 year olds (EY2C codes only) who have; started accessing

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Rates 26/27  Following the recent consultation, please find attached the published rates for 26/27.  Practitioner Survey – Please share your views  We would like to invite you and any staff you work with to complete this survey to share your views and experience of

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Updated Key Dates Summer  Please find attached an updated version of the Key Dates for Summer term. If you have saved these anywhere, please ensure you replace with this version. Early Years Leaders Briefing Spring Term  Please find attached the slides from the Spring Term Leaders

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Informing you about the proposals for Early Years funding rates in Northumberland for the financial year 26/27  Please see letter attached. Termly Census 26/27 The DfE directive to apply termly census points for early years funding reduces previous financial flexibility in allocations, as funding

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Upcoming Deadline – Setting level data (PVIs ONLY) You must complete the questions module in your Wizard account by Friday 23rd January to ensure you can be funded in spring term 26. Failure to complete this information will affect your funding payment.  Please note –   Publishing Your Fee Policy – Are

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Spring 2025-26 Headcount (PVI’s ONLY) The pre-populated headcount forms are now available in your SPR 2025-26 file.  To locate your file, go to Drive > click on the search in drive bar > type in your provider ref > click on the file with your

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Spring 2025-26 Headcount (PVIs Only) The pre-populated headcount forms are now available in your SPR 2025-26 file. Please complete by Friday 16th January.  To locate your file, go to Drive > click on the search in drive bar > type in your provider ref > click