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Friday 22 December 2017
Special Broadcast
1. Important information about Extended Free Entitlement
Spring code (January 2018) deadlines
Extended deadline for parents receiving codes
Due to the ongoing
technical difficulties parents are facing, West Sussex County Council will fund
30 hours places for spring term for any parent who has a 30 hours code dated 11 January or earlier.
Any child taking up a
30 hours place in the spring term must have had their code checked by the time
of the annual census in order for them to be funded by the DfE. Please make
sure you check codes on this system as soon as possible.
Please remember that
this is an exceptional circumstance and it should not be assumed that this extension would be repeated for Summer term. The deadline for Summer term codes
is 31 March 2018.
Temporary
Codes
As of 8 December, HMRC
have started issuing temporary codes for parents with ongoing technical
difficulties applying or reconfirming through the childcare service. We
encourage you to advise parents who contact you with ongoing technical
difficulties to contact the Childcare Service Helpline to check the status of
their application. Parents will be offered a temporary code if their technical
difficulty has not yet been resolved. HMRC will attempt to provide the
temporary code verbally over the phone, once generated, and the code will also
be issued by post. Parents calling the Childcare Service Helpline who have
missed their call, will be asked to advise their provider that they are awaiting
their letter in the post. Please be assured the validity start date is the date
HMRC generated the temporary code, not the date the parent receives their
letter.
If you have any
questions regarding this please email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk.
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Children, Young People and Families (IPEH)
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November 2017 Newsletter |
Upcoming Key Dates
Date What's Happening?
31/12/17 Parents need to confirm their eligibility for 30 hours by today for the
Spring Term
WC 01/01/18 Please keep an eye out for the Weekly Broadcast for notification of Spring Actuals Opening
18/01/18 FE Spring Headcount Day
Previously on the Weekly Broadcast
Below is a list of headlines from recent broadcasts. Click on the date to view a copy:
Wednesday 20 December 2017
- Consultation on proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for Free
Entitlement for 2 year olds
- Free Entitlement Spring Term Estimate payments
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccination
- Reaching Families Winter 2018 Workshops
- Emergency Heater Referral Scheme
- Last Broadcast for 2017
Wednesday 13 December 2017
- Free Entitlement Spring Term Estimates
- Spring Term Training Courses
- Adverse Weather Closures
- Childcare Sufficiency Assessment
- Bold Beginnings
Wednesday 6 December 2017
- Are parents you work with having difficulty reconfirming for Extended Free Entitlement with HMRC?
- Call for Free Entitlement (FE) Parent Testimonials
- When is a toy not a toy?
Wednesday 29 November 2017
- 30 Hours Delivery Support Fund
- New ‘Discover…Free Entitlement’ leaflet available
- HMRC update: reconfirming 30 hours eligibility
- Health Protection Guidance in schools and other childcare facilities
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