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Wednesday 7 February 2018
1. Advance notice: Spring term actuals - Online Provider
Portal re-opening for checks
Please note that the Online Provider Portal (OPP) will be re-opening
between 14-16 February for you to check your Spring term Free Entitlement (FE)
actuals claims.
If you missed the deadline you can submit your actuals between those
dates but only for children present
during headcount week.
Please follow the usual exceptional payment request process for children
who have started/wish to start after headcount day (Thursday 18 January 2018).
Do not add them to your headcount.
30
hour codes reminder: We
can only fund 30 hours places for spring term for any parent who has a valid 30
hours code with a start date of 11
January or earlier.
If you have any
queries please email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
2. Mandatory Early
Years Census 2018 – now open
The Early Years Census form is now available
for you to complete via the Online Provider Portal (OPP). This is a mandatory return.
Please refer to the
attached document “Important Information – Census 2018” for specific guidance around the
staff qualification questions as we are receiving a few queries.
The deadline for return of your Early Years Census
Form is 14 February 2018. Future
FE payments may be at risk if you do not complete your Census return by this
deadline.
Please
refer to the Census article in the previous weekly broadcast sent on Wednesday
31 January 2018 for further information.
3. Update your Termly Childcare Provider Update form
today!
Please submit an updated Termly
Childcare Provider Update form on the Online
Provider Portal for
this term. For support to update your vacancies, see page 8 in the online guidance.
You should provide at least a termly update:
-
Update, even if you’re full. Updating is about more than just free advertising. Out of date information can directly affect your business.
- The Early Education and Childcare statutory guidance (March 2017) requires local authorities to update setting information at least once a term.
- Updating your setting information termly is a condition of offering Free Entitlement (Section 6.1, Provider Declaration 2017 – 19).
- If you have not updated your details in the last year we remove you from our public list. This is to prevent a breach to the data protection policy, which you agree to when submitting your profile update.
4. Jobs in Childcare
Before Christmas we sent out a ‘Have Your Say Survey’ to all settings regarding the Jobs in Childcare Bulletin.
Your feedback indicated that the Jobs In Childcare adverts have a low success rate, with only 28% of successful candidates being employed through an advert in the Bulletin.
In light of this feedback, with over 70% of employment being sourced via other platforms; we have decided to stop advertising vacancies. Consequently, the final deadline for a Jobs in Childcare Bulletin is Thursday 1 March at 11am.
We will continue to advertise any existing vacancies until the closing date expires.
5. Free Entitlement leaflet available
As previously
communicated the Free Entitlement (FE) leaflet has been updated and now covers
Extended FE and Tax Free Childcare. The new leaflet is titled ‘Discover… Free
Entitlement (From September 2017)’.
As you are aware, this
leaflet is aimed as a guide for parents and carers about the Free Entitlement
for 2, 3 and 4 year olds. As part of the Free Entitlement Provider Declaration
you are expected to provide parent/carers with a copy of this leaflet.
A
reminder that the new leaflet is available to collect from your nearest
Children and Family Centre. Please call your nearest centre
prior to collecting.
You can also find a
copy of the new FE leaflet on our webpage under ‘Additional scheme documents’: www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecsfreeentitlement
For further
information regarding the Free Entitlement scheme please visit our webpage or
email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
6. Makaton Foundation Workshop for Professionals
Makaton Foundation Workshop for
the Professionals (Stage 1 – 4 and Additional
Vocabulary)
Duration: This is a TWO FULL DAY course and will take place over
two weeks
Date: 2 & 9 March 2018
Time: 9.00 – 16.00
Venue: Bognor Regis Nursery School, 85 Victoria Drive, Bognor
Regis, West Sussex, PO21 2TB
Tel: 01243 642924
Cost: The cost of the course is £185 for the 4 modules which
includes materials but lunch is not included.
Tutor: Noriko Bayes (SSC nursery nurse at
BRNS&CC and Makaton Regional Tutor)
Entry criteria: Participants
need to have an understanding of early communication skills but no signing
experience/knowledge required.
Attachments:
7. Learn, Explore, Debate (LED) Events
Childcare Works has
created a special programme of LED events for providers focusing on 30-hours.
The events will be delivered in partnership with the Foundation Years Team at
Action for Children.
The
audience for these events is all early years and childcare providers including:
nursery providers, children’s centres, schools, childminders and local authority
officers working with providers.
Topics to be covered include:
- Social
Mobility Action Plan and related topics
- Learning
from latest SEED reports with a focus on two-year-old delivery
- Workforce
consultation and developments
- Reception
Year
- Assessment
– EYFSP, baseline update
- Making
a difference in the delivery of the entitlements with a focus on quality
to make a difference to outcomes
- SEND
- 30
hours update
Book your free place at the relevant
event by clicking the links below:
London – 9th
February
London – 8th
March
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Upcoming Key Dates
Date What's Happening?
14/02/18 Census return deadline
WC 26/03/18 Spring term actual payments due
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 31 January 2018
- Treasury Committee - Childcare Inquiry
- Early Years Census 2018 – opens 5 February 2018
Special Broadcast Friday 26 January 2018
- Important - Online Provider Portal now closed for Planned Maintenance
Wednesday 24 January 2018
- Spring term Free Entitlement actuals – deadline tomorrow!
- Your Early Years Census 2018 – advance notice
- Important - Online Provider Portal Planned Maintenance
- Early Years and Childcare Business Conference: Bookings now open!!!
- The Best Start In Life
- Personal Development Course for Parents
Wednesday 17 January 2018
- 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
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