Early Years

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Inclusion Stories  A great success story around the integrated 2 year old review for a child at Brambles childcare. Early Years Inclusion Drop in session  From September you will have the opportunity to ask general questions, seek wider support and network with others through a

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Key Dates AUT 2025-26 Please find key dates for AUT 2025-26 here. Keep these handy to be prepared for submission deadlines & payment dates. Inclusion Stories Fern Hollow demonstrate here how they used advice and support from the inclusion consultants and CPD opportunities to develop their practice…

Do you have children due to start reception in September who are not yet toilet training. If so, please share ERIC’s ‘Toilet Train Ready for School’ resources. For more information, follow this link: https://eric.org.uk/all-aboard-the-toilet-train-get-ready-for-school/  

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision. See attached flyer. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you information about

The Northumberland Family Hub app has an exciting new update! The app now not only includes carefully selected videos from the Tiny Happy People website, designed to help parents and carers to chat, read and play with their children. It now includes a Northumberland specific section. Here parents and carers

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you information about how to

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Summer 25 working families code eligibility  We are really sorry to say that whilst we are cleaning the data from headcount we are recognising that there are still a number of providers offering places to parents with ineligible codes for the term. Codes with

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision – see attached flyer. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Inclusion Stories – Week 4  It’s the 4th week of our inclusion in early years focus. This weeks case study demonstrates how Amble Links Primary School adapted their practice to meet the unique needs of their cohort… Please find case study attached to find

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Northumberland Family Services Directory https://northumberlandeducation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Family-Services-Directory-guidance-Pdf-2.pdf Many providers hold a Carescheme on the above directory setting out their childcare offer. Thank you to all who have recently updated or created a new scheme. Northumberland FSD Provider Careschemes are used widely by parent/carers and professional organisations

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team REMINDER – SUM 2024-25 Headcount (PVI Providers) The deadline for submitting your summer term headcount return is this Friday (16th May)! If you require a password reset, or cannot locate your file, please email earlyyearsteam@northumberland.gov.uk 2, 3 & 4 year old children need to

This session is open to all schools in a Northumberland School Alliance. Thank you to those of you who have signed up to attend your Alliance moderation session.  The focus Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for the moderation sessions are ‘Speaking’ and ‘Writing’. We will also discuss up to 2 additional ELGs chosen

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Summer Term Training Directory Please find attached Northumberland’s Early Years training directory overview for the summer term. To book onto any of the outlined courses and for further information, login to your School Readiness Passport account Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements updates – September 2025