October Consultation - Shropshire Early Years Provider Agreement

Shropshire Council sent this bulletin at 01-10-2025 02:34 PM BST

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Announcement: Early Years Provider Agreement (launching soon)

(This is ONLY for settings who claim funded entitlements)

Thank you to those who attended the Face-to-Face meeting earlier this month. We had a fantastic turnout of over 70 attendees.

A version of the new Early Years Provider Agreement was showcased to settings on the evening and there was a wealth of discussion and feedback shared.

For those who couldn't make the meeting, please see the paragraph below for a quick introduction into this topic.

The Background to the Agreement

The Department for Education have asked us to put a provider agreement in place; this is a statutory requirement for all local authorities and is essential that we have this in place between the LA and settings. The agreement itself encompasses the already published statutory guidance from the DfE, with some more detail in relation to Shropshire.

It is key to understand that we want to work with providers to ensure this is launched in a collaborative manner.

This agreement has been created collaboratively by the Early Years team, Shropshire Council Legal team and Shropshire Early Years Partnership board members.

Therefore, we would like to announce the next stage towards the eventual launch of the provider agreement.

October 2025 Consultation (October 1^st to Friday 31^st)

We are delighted to announce a month-long consultation period between Wednesday October 1^st and Friday 31^st October.

This consultation period will allow all settings to review an electronic version of the provider agreement (in Draft form) and pose any questions to Shropshire Council’s Early Years team.

We are keen to hear your feedback / thoughts / questions on the agreement.

You can pose any questions by using the link here: Early Years Provider Agreement- October 2025 Consultation.

Please ensure any questions are sent to us by Friday 31^st October at 5pm.

We will review the questions and pose any responses back to you by mid-November.

Following this consultation period, we hope to launch the agreement itself, please keep an eye out for updates on this.

Where can I find the provider agreement?

Please select the link below to access the document.

Shropshire Early Years Provider Agreement

Please note: This is a draft version of the document.

If you are having trouble accessing the Microsoft form and you have any further questions, please email them to Dan.Steele@shropshire.gov.uk

Please start your email with your name/name of the setting and the point number within the document that you are referring to.

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