Dear Colleagues,
🍂Welcome to Autumn Term!🍂
Updates from the Team
Headcount AUT 2024-25
For those of you who submit via School 360, the AUT 2024-25 headcount form is now available. As usual, the form is not pre-populate as it is the start of the Academic Year. We advise that you start to complete this now. Deadline for submission Friday 4th October.
To locate your file go to Drive > use the search bar to type in your provider ref > 2024-2025 > AUT 2024-25
You must complete the correct form. If you are experiencing problems locating the AUT 2024-25 form, please contact a member of the team at earlyyearsteam@northumberland.gov.uk
Funding Base Rates 2024-25
Please find attached.
Key Dates Autumn 2024-25
Please find key dates for the current term attached. All funding information can be found here.
Training Directory 2024-25 is now live!
The Northumberland Early Years Training Directory for 2024-25 is now available through the School Readiness Passport. Please see the guide attached for an overview of our autumn term CPD offer.
Brand New Learning Library
The Northumberland Early Years Team are proud to introduce the new Learning Library available through the School Readiness Passport see flyer here.
The Learning Library is a brand new digital platform designed for all Early Years practitioners in Northumberland, enabling them to access an array of self led learning in order to support their continuing professional development.
Our pre-recorded videos, articles and supporting documents are stacked on the shelves ready for you to explore today.
Watch our user guide video to support you when using our new learning platform.
Financial Incentive Pilot Evaluation– for the attention of schools delivering the EYFS
As you all know, Northumberland is part of a national Financial Incentive Pilot aimed at supporting local authorities (LAs) and providers during the recruitment crisis and childcare expansion. The pilot involves sharing information with DfE about eligible settings for grant purposes and facilitating an evaluation process. Evaluators will shortly be reaching out to LAs and a sample of participating providers to gather information to inform the evaluation and policy discussions.
If contacted, please share your experience and provide the evaluators with as much information as possible.
PRIVACY NOTICE
Why do we need to collect your information?
As mentioned at the start of the Pilot, Northumberland County Council need to process your personal data to ensure the compliant and effective administration of the Early Years Financial Incentive Pilot. This includes auditing, monitoring and evaluation of the Financial Incentive Pilot Scheme.
Retention of Information
- Information will be securely held in line with Northumberland County Council’s wider duties and obligations under Data Protection and GDPR.
- Information will be held in line with financial monitoring regulations for audit and monitoring purposes and only used for the purpose of the Financial Incentive Pilot.
- Information no longer required will be deleted.
Please find further details on our Privacy Policy attached.
Updates from Partners
Dingley’s Promise with the Great North Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
The Great North Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Lead are offering free SEND online training to practitioners in Northumberland. This would normally cost £250!
This online training can be accessed at times that suit you and has been developed by experts in the field of SEND. This training is tailored specially for early years educators, practitioners and anyone who works in an everyday setting with children with SEND, to help work more inclusively with the children they support.
If you would like to express an interest in receiving a place on this course, please click here.
If you have any questions, please contact the hub using greatnorthsph@wiseacademies.co.uk and I will be more than happy to help.
FREE online workshop for practitioners working with families of children 0-5 with SEND
For more information including booking information please see the attached flyer.
DfE Provider Roadshows 2024
07th November – Newcastle (click here to register)
The event is targeted at group-based setting managers who have, or will have, a role or interest in providing additional places as a result of government’s childcare expansion.
Further details will be sent upon registering, including confirmation of registration.
