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24th January 2018
1. Spring term Free Entitlement actuals – deadline
tomorrow!
A reminder to submit
your Spring term Free Entitlement (FE) actuals claims via the Online Provider
Portal (OPP).
It is important to
read the “Free Entitlement – additional information for providers” on www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecsfreeentitlement and follow the updated guidance
entitled “How to claim child-level funding” available here before submitting any information.
The updated guidance now includes how to claim Disability Access Fund (DAF) and
Extended FE for eligible 3 and 4 year olds.
Headcount
day: Thursday 18 January 2018.
Deadline
for return: Thursday 25 January 2018 when the Portal will be closed at
midnight.
If you have any
queries please email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
2. Your Early Years Census 2018 – advance notice
The Early Years Census Form will be
available for you to complete via the Online Provider Portal (OPP) from Monday 5 February 2018.
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 18
January 2018.
As usual, we need to collect child-level and setting level information from you
to submit to the DfE. The child-level information is collected, like we do
every term, via your actuals. Please make
sure that you have completed your Spring term actuals OPP submission for all
funded children by the actuals deadline – Thursday 25 January 2018.
It might be helpful to know that the DfE are requesting different information
about qualifications this year, please see attachment for further information.
Further
instructions will be in the next Setting broadcast email on Wednesday 31
January 2018.
Attachments: EY Census 2018 Staff Qualifications Questions.pdf
3. Important - Online Provider
Portal Planned Maintenance
Please be advised that the Online Provider
Portal (OPP) will be unavailable between midnight Thursday 25 Janurary and Thursday
1 February 2018 whilst we upgrade our technology.
This will affect all
tasks within the OPP (including Free Entitlement, course booking requests and
the Termly update form). To book spaces on courses whilst the OPP is
unavailable please contact the Family Information Service on 01243 777807,
please ensure you have your training subscription number available.
Please note that parents
and carers will not be able to submit 2 year old Free Entitlement applications
between midnight Sunday 28 January and Thursday 1 February.
Our FIS childcare
website will also be unavailable to the public for one day only on Thursday 1
February.
Further updates will
be provided via the weekly broadcasts.
4. Early Years and Childcare Business Conference:
Bookings now open!!!
We are
pleased to announce that bookings for the annual Early Years and Childcare
Business Conference are now open!
This
extremely popular event will take place on Saturday
17 March 2018 at Chichester College, Brinsbury Campus, Pulborough RH20 1DL
and is FREE to attend. No training subscription is required.
In response
to feedback from previous conferences, and for the first time, you will be able
to pick your workshops before attending. Please
read the attached information before ringing for instructions on how to
book, including further information on the workshops. Choices will be allocated
on a first come first served basis so book now to avoid disappointment!
Tip: get
the most out of the day – if two of you are attending from your setting, you
will be able to attend 6 out of the 8 workshops between you if you plan to
attend different sessions! If you are a childminder, why not pair up with
someone and share messages from the workshops you were unable to attend.
Attachments: Business Conference Booking Information.pdf
5. The Best Start In Life
Help us to re-imagine approaches
to improve outcomes for young children and families.
As part of the 1001 Critial Days Manifesto, West Sussex County Council is hosting an
Innovation & Provider workshop on Thursday 8 February 2018. We want to hear
from you if you think you have something unique to offer and are willing to
spend a day working with senior managers, commissioners, innovators and other
experts to talk about ideas and ways to improve readiness for school by working
from pre-birth to under 5 years old, and with parents under 20 years old in
West Sussex.
The Best Start in Life Innovation and Provider Event – Thursday
8 February 2018
Drill Hall
Denne Road
Horsham
RH12 1JF
10.00 am to 4.00 pm
For more information including
how to book please visit:
https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/campaigns/1001-critical-days/ and click on the Innovation and Provider Event
tab.
6. Personal Development Course for Parents
“All About
Me” is a free personal development course for parents running at Chichester
Children and Family Centre. The course aims to support parents who want to make
next steps towards employment, education, training or maybe volunteering, and
hopefully to find out a little bit more about themselves along the way.
There
is an introductory session on Tuesday 30th January from 9.30 am to
11.30 am to find out more about the course, followed by a 10 week term-time
only course for those who are interested in signing up.
This course is free to
those who are in receipt of JSA/ESA, WRAG (Work Related Activity Group) or
those parents working and earning under £330 per month. Places can be booked by calling the Children
and Family Centre direct on 01243 642950.
Attachments: All About Me Flyer.pdf
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 January 2018 Newsletter
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Upcoming Key Dates
Date What's Happening?
25/01/18 Deadline for Headcount Submissions
05/02/18 Early Years Census Opens
Network Meetings
Jan-Feb Learning and Development Network Meetings
Feb-Mar SENCo/INCo Network Meetings
For meeting information, dates and venues www.westsussex.gov.uk/eytraining
Previously on the Weekly Broadcast
Below is a list of headlines from recent broadcasts. Click on the date to view a copy:
Wednesday 17 January 2017
- Early Years and Childcare Business Conference
- Spring term Free Entitlement actuals and 30hr codes
- Staff Module Unavailable
- Get it Right and Protect Yourself
Wednesday 10 January 2018
- Spring term Free Entitlement actuals and 30hr codes (FE providers)
- Early Years Census advance notice
- Survey of Childcare/EY providers by DfE
- Are any children in your setting due to start school in September 2018?
Special Broadcast Friday 5 January 2018 (FE providers only)
- Spring Term Free Entitlement actuals and 30hr codes - advance notice
- Early Years Census 2018 - advance notice
Wednesday 03 January 2018
- Are any children in your setting due to start school in September 2018?
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