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Wednesday 25 January 2017
1. Final reminder to all Free Entitlement providers - Early Years Census 2017, mandatory return
A final reminder that
the deadline to
complete your Early Years Census form via the Online
Provider Portal (OPP) is 26 January 2017.
As you may know, every year we carry out the Early Years Census for the Department
for Education (DfE). This is a mandatory return. The Census is important
because it is used to calculate the funding West Sussex County Council
receives for free early education. If we do not capture your claims now, we
may not have the funding later on. Headcount day was 19 January 2017.
We need to collect
child-level and setting level information from you to submit to the DfE. The child-level
information will be collected, like we do every term, via your actuals. Please
make sure that you have entered all funded children for the 2017 Spring term on
the portal, and completed the census fields for all these children.
Please refer to the
attached document “Important Information – Census 2017” for further
information and guidance.
Future
FE payments may be at risk if you do not complete your Census return by this
deadline.
If
you have any queries, please contact the Family Information Service specialist
team on 01243 777807 or email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
Attachments:
2. Final Reminder - Free Entitlement
Spring term actuals – deadline Thursday 26 January
A reminder that the deadline for your Spring Term Free
Entitlement (FE) actuals claims via the Online Provider Portal (OPP) is Thursday 26 January 2017.
It
is important to read the attached information and follow the guidance entitled
“How to claim child-level funding” available here before submitting any information.
Headcount
day: Thursday 19 January 2017.
Please
note that all children on your headcount record will be listed with 0 hours. This will enable you to check
and update all child records and
will reduce the risk of overclaiming.
You
can decrease the number of weeks attended in the term for each child via the
Online Provider Portal. However, if you wish to increase the number of weeks
as you are claiming FE as per the stretched funding option, please contact the
Family Information Service. Once we have enabled this, you will need to log
back into the Online Provider Portal and increase the number of weeks for each
child.
If
you have any queries please contact the Family Information Service on 01243
777807 or email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
Attachments:
3. Tax Free Childcare – Have you received your
invitiation?
Tax-free childcare will be launched
by the Government this spring!. You’ll only receive an invitation to sign up
for tax-free childcare if Ofsted has your current address and email, so check
that this is up to date. If Ofsted does have your current address but you
haven’t received your invitation, you can call the childcare service helpline
on 0300 123 4097.
4. 30 hours FREE Training - Use them or lose them!
For this coming term, the courses specially
commissioned to support you with the 30 hours extended entitlement are all
FREE. They do not require a training subscription. This is for a
limited time only so use them before you
lose them!
We have the following courses running very soon
but they are in danger of being cancelled:
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Quality training ‘Every Hour
Matters’ (EY185N) in Worthing, first part on 3 February 2017.
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Business training
‘Collaboration and Partnership for 30 hours’ (EY190N) in Chichester on 6 February 2017.
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Business training ‘Bite Sized Cashflow Forecasting for 30 Hours FE’ (EY187N) at Roffey, Horsham on 7 February 2017.
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Business training
‘Collaboration and Partnership for 30 hours’ (EY190N) in Broadfield, Crawley on
18 February 2017.
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Quality training ‘Every Hour
Matters’ (EY185N) in Billingshurst first part on 4 March 2017.
To book call the Family Information Service on
01243 777807 today, quoting the course codes above.
To view the full training schedule click here: www.westsussex.gov.uk/trainingschedule
If you have subscribed to the Training Subscription Scheme you are also able to book courses online via the Online Provider Portal (OPP). Access the OPP here:
www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecsportal
5. School Recruitment Fair: Give children the best start
in life
Know someone looking for a change? Whether they are
new to teaching, returning to work or looking for a new career, our local
schools may be the answer.
There are 284 West Sussex schools looking for
people with the skills to make a difference.
School roles include: Teacher, Educational
Psychologist, Governors’ Clerk, Headteacher, Business Manager, Teaching
Assistant, Caretaker, Apprentice, Catering Assistant, Technician and Governor.
The School Recruitment Fair is taking place on
Saturday 11 February in the Premier Lounge at Fontwell Park Racecourse from
10.00am to 3.00pm.
Featuring a live jobs board, the recruitment fair
will give people the chance to speak to schools, teacher training organisations
and service providers from food to educational psychology.
Find
out more at www.westsussex.gov.uk/jobsinschools.
6. The Affordable Warmth Scheme
Householders
who receive certain benefits and have a household income of £16,010 or less may
qualify for The Affordable Warmth scheme. The scheme helps qualifying residents
to install and pay for new, energy efficient heating systems and / or
insulation. Residents can qualify if they own their home or rent it from a
private landlord, subject to permission from the landlord for work to go ahead.
Under the current round of the Affordable Warmth scheme the following incentives are available:
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Heating – energy efficient replacements for broken or
inefficient boilers, LPG (liquid petroleum gas) boilers or electric storage
heaters in homes that are not connected to mains gas.
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Loft insulation – insulating a loft with no
insulation, or providing a ‘top-up’ where the current level of insulation does
not meet modern building standards.
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Cavity wall insulation –
insulating homes without existing cavity wall insulation.
The scheme is run by Your Energy Sussex, the WSCC-led council energy
partnership, and funded through the Government’s Energy Companies Obligation
(ECO). All work is delivered by Osborne Energy, which is a Sussex-based
reputable installer.
Full details of the
scheme and the eligibility criteria are available on the Your Energy Sussex website and the scheme flyer
(attached). You can also call Osborne Energy directly on 0800 085 1674 (quoting
'West Sussex Affordable Warmth') if you know of a resident that you think could
qualify for help.
Attachments:
Upcoming Key Dates
Date What's Happening?
31/01/17
Early Years Learning and Development Networks (NM003N) begin
11/02/17 Business Conference
2017 (CON041N)
Previously on the Weekly Broadcast
Forgotten to action a broadcast item? You can’t remember which Broadcast the information was in? Below is a list of headlines from the previous 4 weeks' Weekly Broadcasts. If you would like a copy of a previous broadcast please email stating the week you require. Alternatively, you could search your emails by date as the broadcast is sent every Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday 17 January 2017
- Early Years Census 2017- mandatory return (FE Providers Only)
- Free Entitlement Spring term actuals reminder
- Postgraduate Open Evening at University of Brighton
- Reminder: Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help Service (IPEH)
briefing document
Wednesday 11 January 2017
- Early Years Census 2017- mandatory return (FE providers)
- Free Entitlement Spring term actuals reminder (FE providers)
- Updating staff via the Provider Portal
Wednesday 4 January 2017
- Early
Years Census 2017- mandatory return
- Free
Entitlement Spring term actuals reminder
- Bookings
open for 2017 Business Conference!
- Starting
School September 2017 – Important Information
- FREE 30
Hours Extended Entitlement Courses
- Be Food
Smart (Change4Life)
- Bednest
Bedside Crib
Wednesday 21 December 2016
- Early Years Census 2017 - staff qualifications required - FE
setting
- REMINDER: Early Years National Funding Formula - WSCC briefing and
consultation document
- West Sussex Safeguarding Children’s Board - Child Protection
Conferences and Core Group Training
- Courses with Spaces still available
- Do you need a Licence/Licences for public viewing of films and TV?
- Settle in your new Free Entitlement for 2 year old children by
headcount day – if you can
- Training available on Saturdays and Evenings
- Premises available for an Early Years setting
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