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Wednesday 30 August 2017
1. Early Years Inclusion Funding – revised model
Due to the introduction of
Extended Free Entitlement, for some children from September 2017, we have reviewed
the current Inclusion Funding model and made some changes.
The Inclusion Funding model we
are adopting was chosen by providers who are currently supporting children
with Early Years Inclusion Funding and is in accordance with the Special
Educational Needs Code of Practice and within our Early Years Inclusion
budget.
Please read the attachment for
more information on the model. The Inclusion Funding information will be
updated in due course on the West Sussex website http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecsgoodpractice via the ‘Including All Children’ page.
Attachments:
2. Important information from
the Department of Education: 30 hour codes for Autumn 2017
As we approach September there are some parents who are
concerned they will not receive their code in time to take up a 30 hours place
in September. The childcare service
helpline is now able to provide a temporary code to eligible parents
experiencing ongoing technical issues.
Parents should contact the helpline on 0300 123 4097,
who will check eligibility and provide them with a code, if they qualify for 30
hours, in the event that they cannot resolve their issue with their on-line
application. These codes need to be submitted via the Online Provider Portal in
the same way as standard codes, although please note they begin with ‘11’ as
opposed to the ‘500’.
In addition, the DfE anticipate that a small number of
parents who have applied before 31 August may receive their 30 hours code in
September, because HMRC required additional information before determining
their eligibility (‘amber’ cases). To support this critical first term of
delivery, and for this term only, local
authorities will fund a 30 hours place for these parents for the autumn term
where they have received a code from HMRC after 31 August.
In these circumstances, providers should be satisfied
that a parent applied for 30 hours by 31 August before offering a 30 hours
place. A parent can prove that they applied before 31 August by sharing the
information from their childcare account mailbox and secure message that will
state when they were identified as an amber case, and the date they received
the message. The DfE anticipate that amber cases from before 31 August will
have been processed by the end of the second week of September.
Please remember that the
‘validity start date’ of a 30 hours code is the date it was successfully generated
through the childcare service and not the date a child can start a place from. A
30 hours place starts for a child from the term following their third birthday
or the term following the date they received their code, whichever is later.
Therefore, providers need to check the child’s date of birth to ensure that
they are 3 years old by 31 August before offering the autumn place.
3. FREE 'Delivering the 30 hours through a partnership
approach' events
Action for Children is
pleased to announce two FREE national partnership working events in the autumn.
Duplicate events will run in the north and the south of England and with a
focus on effective and innovative
ways of working in partnership to deliver quality across the EYFS and the 30
hours offer.
Who should attend?
The audience for this
event is schools, maintained nursery schools, PVI settings, Childminder
Agencies, childminders and Local Authorities who are looking at delivering
the 30 hours through a partnership approach.
Aim of the session:
- Support to schools and settings
including childminders wishing to work in partnership with each other
- Explore examples of developing
and existing good practice
- Share experiences and what
works within partnership working Support to Local Authorities interested
in working with their providers through a partnership approach to deliver
the 30 hours
- Support to Local Authorities
interested in working with their providers through a partnership approach
to deliver the 30 hours
- Share resources
- Opportunities for networking
Session details:
York (please click here to book):
Date: Wednesday
18 October 2017
Time: 9.30 for 10am
start – 3.30pm
London
(please click here to book):
Date: Thursday
2 November 2017
Time: 9.30 for 10am
start – 3.30pm
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Upcoming Key Dates
Date What's Happening?
21/09/17 Autumn Headcount Day
28/09/17 Autumn Actuals Deadline
Previously on the Weekly Broadcast
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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 click on the hyperlinks below.
Wednesday 23 August 2017
- Online
Provider Portal Workshop
- Online
Provider Portal – Planned Maintenance
- Parents
reconfirming their Extended Free Entitlement eligibility – News Update (FE
Providers Only)
- Childcare
Providers Survey September 2017
Wednesday 16 August 2017
- Extended Free Entitlement and Inclusion Funding Provision
- Online Provider Portal - Planned Maintenance
- Tax Free Childcare Compensation
- Termly Network Meetings
- Making the 30 hour offer work for disabled children and children with SEN
- Chichester 'Trauma and Resilience' Film Event
Wednesday 7 August 2017
- Ofsted Myth-busting Videos
- Health4Families Programme - Healthy Eating Campaign
Wednesday 26 July 2017
- FE Frequently Asked Questions
- Information from HMRC - How parents who’ve applied for 30 hours already can re-access their account.
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