Please see the Child Accident and Prevention Trust guidance. This will remind you of some of the dangers around certain foods including those that are deemed to be higher risk, which foods should be cut up and first aid advice.
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A practical guide is available for staff on helping manage cases of infectious diseases in children and young people settings, which has recently been updated to include scarlet fever. Please look at the guidance and in particular, the document called children's and young people settings: tools and resources.
There have been updates from GOV.UK relating to Childminders when reporting adults in the home to Ofsted. This includes that assistants should no longer be counted in the ratios until they have been deemed suitable. All changes can be found in the guidance below.
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Ofsted has added a series of questions and answers to its Ofsted inspections: what Early Years providers and practitioners need to know' guidance, including:
- 'How will leadership and management be looked at during my inspection?',
- 'Can I leave the children alone with the inspector?',
- 'Do I have to allow inspectors to use their phones during an inspection?'
- 'Does Ofsted expect me to use formal words with children?'.
In addition, some existing questions have been amended with updated answers.
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In December 2022 the Government announced details of 'Martyn's Law' in tribute of Martyn Hett, who was killed alongside 21 others in the 2017 Manchester Arena terrorist attack.
Martyn's Law will keep people safe, enhancing our national security and reducing the risk to the public from terrorism by the protection of public venues including education and early years settings. The legislation will ensure those responsible for certain locations are prepared, ready to respond and know what to do in the event of a terrorist attack.
The Department for Education is working with the Home Office on the development of legislation to clarify what this will mean for the early years sector. The Home Office factsheet on Martyn’s law gives more information. Expert advice, training and guidance is already available on the online protective security hub, ProtectUK.
If you have any questions of queries relating to the Protect Duty, or would like to be involved in a stakeholder engagement event as the legislation develops, please contact: dfe.protectandprepare@education.gov.uk
Bi-borough Early Education and Childcare Service (Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster) are hosting an Early Years Conference: ‘EYFS Reforms: Time for Reflection’ on Friday, 24 February from 9.15am to 1.30pm on a Zoom based webinar.
An exciting programme of Early Years experts and professionals will cover a wide range of key topics. Purchase your tickets here
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