Early Childhood Service Weekly Broadcast

Early Childhood Service Weekly Broadcast

Part of Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help (IPEH)

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Wednesday 3 January 2018


1. Starting School September 2018 – Important Information

Are any children in your setting due to start school in September 2018?

If you care for children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014, they are eligible to start school in September 2018.

Please remind their parents to apply for a school place as the deadline is drawing closer. The online application system is available now and the deadline for all applications is 23:59 hrs Monday 15 January 2018.  Applications made after this date will be considered after all applications received prior to the deadline and may jeopardise the offer of a place at the parent's preferred school.

Applying online is simple, convenient and timesaving, plus they will get an instant email acknowledgement that the application has been received.

Alternatively, if they have no access to the internet at home, they will be able to access the internet for up to two hours free of charge at the following locations:

Further information regarding making an application, including our school catchment checker, can be found at www.westsussex.gov.uk/admissions. 

This page also has a link to the Information for Parents Booklet that contains important information and Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.

If you or any parents require further advice, or are unable to apply online and require a paper form, please contact 033 301 42903.

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Previously on the Weekly Broadcast

Below is a list of headlines from recent broadcasts. Click on the date to view a copy:

Special Broadcast Friday 22 December 2017

  • Important information about Extended Free Entitlement Spring code (January 2018) deadlines

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?