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FISH Fact:
Headcount closes Friday 17 January therefore please make sure all claims are submitted before close of play on this day to avoid delay in payment.
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Headcount update reminder
Due to an issue with the new addition asked for by the DfE therefore please put 38 weeks in for the census information (or the number of weeks the provider is open in term-time which could be less than 38 weeks, for independent schools for example). Please note this will not affect your payment, please claim the weekly hours as you would (unstretched for those on a stretched offer)and it will calculate it by the number of weeks in this term.
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Census information – New addition to the Ehub requested by the DfE
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Issues with codes
We have received a recurring issue regarding codes that have been reconfirmed but the dates of the code when checked via the eligibility checker are not reflecting this. Therefore if you have a parent with this issue please get them to email fish@eastriding.gov.uk with the in proof the code was reconfirmed, this should be in the format of screen shots from their online gateway account showing the dates it was reconfirmed we can look into the matter for them.
Early Years Pupil Premium (for 9 months to 4-year-old funded children)
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For Adopted children, Children under a Special Guardianship Order and Children who are looked after by a Local Authority - These children must not be added to the e-Hub as it only checks financial eligibility. Please contact FISH by telephone with the child's name, address, date of birth and parents name to apply for EYPP.
Ehub Census Form
Please remember that the 2025 Census form has been published by our performance team on the Ehub for completion. This needs to be completed along with the information above.
Please can all providers that offer FEE complete this by Monday 20 January 2025 at the latest. Guidance of how to do this can be found in earlier additions of the MAILOUT found here Family Services Directory - East Riding
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DfE Announcement - Early Years Entitlements Funding Rates for 2025-26
As outlined in last month's Update Meeting, the Authority will work on this information ready to make and take a proposal to Schools Forum on the 30th January 2025 for approval. Once this has been agreed and ratified the confirmed rates for providers will be announced as soon as possible following this
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Local Area SEND Inspection
The Local Area SEND Inspection is an inspection of the services jointly provided by health, education and social care services within a local authority area. Inspectors from Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) hold the Local Area to account by reviewing how the Local Area meets their responsibilities for children 0-25 who have additional needs and disabilities.
East riding of Yorkshire was last inspected in 2021 and is, therefore, due a further inspection in the very near future.
Inspectors will visit a range of early years providers, education, health providers and specialist services within the local area. Although Ofsted inspectors will visit early years and education settings, they are not directly inspected as individual institutions. These visits will focus on the contribution of settings to the provision of support to children and young people with additional needs, as part of the overall partnership arrangements.
Inspectors will be looking for evidence of how children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities:
- are identified,
- how their needs are assessed and met and
- how they are supported to move onto their next stage of education, the world of work and wider preparation for adulthood
The inspection will take place over a 3-week period. During the first week, inspectors will identify individual children whose experiences they wish to track. Visits to early years providers, education, health and social care settings and health providers will take place within the 3rd week of the inspection.
Inspectors will discuss the Local Area’s SEND processes and experiences with:
- children and young people with SEND, their parents and carers
- elected members and senior leaders across the partnership
- practitioners and professionals from health, education and social care
- education, health and care providers
A member of the local authority Early Years Team will contact you at the earliest opportunity if a child at your setting is identified by the inspectors for tracking and you are required to provide input, or the inspectors wish to visit your provision.
Please follow the link below to view the full Local Area SEND Inspection quick reference guide on the SEND East Riding Local Offer.
SEND Inspection Briefing
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Transition into Reception September 2025
The deadline for applying for a school place for Reception 2025 is 15th January.
If your child was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 and you live in the East Riding you should apply now for a school place for September 2025.
Applications should be made online at: Citizen Portal - Sign in (eastriding.gov.uk)
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Effective Environments for 2025: The Communication Friendly Spaces™ Approach, by Elizabeth Jarman
There are a few spaces available for this weeks training, so this is your last opportunity to take up this amazing free training offer. Elizabeth is a renowned speaker, and we have been extremely lucky to get a space in her diary.
Elizabeth's input is rooted in the work she has developed on environments over the last 20 years and will include a challenging but motivating overview of the evidence informed Communication Friendly Spaces™ Approach to inform considered short and long-term development, ensuring that environments created inside and out are responsive and set the scene to ignite high levels of engagement. Theory will be illustrated with lots of relevant imagery, case studies and examples of impact, to demonstrate how the principles underpinning the approach have been used in practice.
Key strands of Elizabeth's work will be highlighted:
- Connecting pedagogy and learner experience with the environment
- The emotional climate and using the environment to support secure transitions into, out of the setting and through the day, to establish a sense of familiarity, belonging and connection (personalisation of the environment/ families and wider community connection/ outward facing pedagogy)
- Maximising the use of space- developmentally appropriate spaces- social spaces- scales of space- physicality of learning
- Storage and resource management- reducing sensory overload
- Resources and materials available around the site- fascinations, sensory integration, open-ended, natural, re-purposed, diverse, authentic triggers
- The impact of noise and managing this
- Informed use of colour
- The effects of light
- The role of the adult
- Staff spaces
Elizabeth will look at your indoor and outdoor environment, but have you considered what it looks like for a child and their parent on their walk into your setting? are there provocations to spark conversation? All these points will be discussed, and how you can maximise you’re setting to its full potential.
The session is being run twice to maximise the number of people who can access this training by Elizabeth, there is no maximum number of people who can attend from each setting, so why not make it a team meeting and all come together.
Tuesday 14th January 2025:
6.30 to 8.45pm (registration from 6.15)
Thursday 16th January 2025:
6.30 to 8.45pm (registration from 6.15)
To book your place please visit the East Riding's Family Service Directory - Early Years Training - Continuous Professional Development - and click the link to book
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Additional Inclusion Support (AIS) Funding (PVI settings)
Every local authority must have a SEN inclusion fund to support early years providers in meeting the needs of individual children with SEN. In East Riding this is known as Additional Inclusion Support Funding.
Applications for Additional Inclusion Support funding are considered on a termly basis with funding to commence at the beginning of the following term. Requests are considered initially by the Area SENCo team prior to seeking approval from the Early Years Support Team. To ensure that the process to runs efficiently, requests must be received by the date(s) published below.
Spring: Wednesday 26th February 2025 – Summer term funding 2025
Summer: Wednesday 4th June 2025 – Autumn term funding 2025
Autumn: Wednesday 5th November 2025 - Spring term funding 2026
Full details and a request template are available on the East Riding Local Offer and can be accessed via the following link:
Special Educational Needs (SEN) support in schools
Please discuss requests with your Area SENCo, prior to submission, and contact them for support/guidance with all aspects of inclusion and/or SEND.
Important note: To be fair to all, requests received after the published closing dates will not be considered until the following term
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Designated Safeguarding Lead - (DSL)
This is a 5-part course, to support the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage changes from September 2025. Please asked to be booked on all sessions if needed or just the modules you need
- The statutory responsibilities settings have to safeguard all children and the importance of discussing concerns with the Early Help Locality Hub or the Children’s Safeguarding Hub (SAPH).
- An understanding of Whistleblowing and the role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
- To consider the lessons learnt from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, formerly know as Serious Case Reviews
- Developing all staffs safeguarding knowledge to cover the wider context of safeguarding children.
*This course would also benefit all staff members to understand the legal duties of safeguarding and the reasons why these are in place
Please note: Attending all modules is not mandatory and attendees can attend either a morning or evening session.
For module information, dates and to book please visit https://fishwebsearch.eastriding.gov.uk/fishwebsearch/safeguardingtraining.aspx
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If you have any information you would like adding to the Mailout please send by email to fish@eastriding.gov.uk |
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