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Wednesday 25 April 2018
1. Summer term Free Entitlement actuals – now open (FE providers only)
The Online Provider
Portal (OPP) is now open for Summer term Free Entitlement (FE) actuals claims.
Please 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 guidance covers how to claim Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP), Disability
Access Fund (DAF) and Extended FE for eligible 3 and 4 year olds.
Please remember:
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Claiming
DAF – you must only
select ‘Yes’ next to ‘Nominated for DAF’ if the signed Parent Declaration form
shows the child is in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
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30
hour Extended entitlement codes
– parents must have applied for their code before 31 March, therefore, you must
have seen evidence that the parent applied before 31 March for codes
with a start date between 1 and 23 April. Please refer to the 11 April
broadcast item for further information.
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Headcount
day: Thursday 3 May
2018
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Deadline
for return: Friday
18 May 2018
If you wish to
increase the number of weeks as you are claiming FE as per the stretched
funding option or if you have any queries please email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
2. Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) Summer term claims (FE providers only)
The Early Years Pupil
Premium (EYPP) is additional funding for early years settings to improve the
education they provide for disadvantaged 3 and 4 year olds.
The
Online Provider Portal (OPP) is now open for you to submit your Early Years
Pupil Premium (EYPP) claims.
EYPP claims must be
submitted at the same time as your Free Entitlement actuals data. Please follow
the updated guidance entitled “How to claim child-level funding” available here before submitting any information.
Important: In order to carry out EYPP
eligibility checks this term we require you to submit the following information
via the OPP ‘Parent/Carer Details’ tab:
- Parent/carer’s full
legal name
- Parent/carer’s date
of birth
- Parent/carer’s
National Insurance (NI) number or National Asylum Support Service (NASS) number
Deadline
for return: Friday
18 May 2018
For further
information regarding EYPP and identifying eligible children click here to visit our webpage and refer to
the document entitled ‘Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)’. If you have any
queries please email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
3. Early Years Transition Events
Parents
have now been informed of their children’s school places. As soon as you know
how many children you have transitioning to each school please contact the Family
Information Service on 01243 77807 to book your place at an Early Years
transition event using course code NES02N.
Details of the events can be found on our website, including details
of which schools will be attending each event.
4. 2018 – 2019 Early Years Training Subscription Scheme
Course Bookings now open
It’s that time of year when you may be
thinking about renewing or joining the Training Subscription Scheme. All of our courses have been reviewed and
updated and we have many new courses coming including Paediatric and Adult
First Aid, Fire Extinguisher plus numerous online training courses.
Course bookings are now open. For further
information about course dates and how to book please look at the course
brochure which is available at: www.westsussex.gov.uk/eytraining
You can pay and join the Training Subscription
Scheme by visiting: www.westsussex.gov.uk/IP
Joining the Training Subscription Scheme will
enable you to access face to face training for the average cost of only £10 per
course and a variety of online training at a subsidised rate of £5 per log in.
If you have any questions about renewing your
Training Subscription or joining the scheme, please email: ipeh.practice.improvement@westsussex.gov.uk
5. Introducting Practice Improvement’s new Facebook page
The Practice Improvement Team is proud to
present their new Facebook page, dedicated to early years training. The page is constantly updated with exclusive
training opportunities and insight material. Like us here and we’ll ensure that
you are the first to hear about exclusive training course deals and discounted bookings.
6. Don’t miss out - final chance to
book these Early Years courses.
Please see these details of
upcoming courses including Paediatric
First Aid that are now available for you to book and are part of our comprehensive
programme of training specifically designed for Early Years Settings.
If you wish to take
advantage of this offer, details of how to join the Training Subscription
Scheme be found on our Website www.westsussex.gov.uk/eytraining which also contains details of all the current training
available.
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Children, Young People and Families (IPEH)
Stakeholder Newsletter
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March 2018 Newsletter |
Upcoming Key Dates
Date What's Happening?
TODAY FE
Summer Actuals Open
03/05/18 FE
Summer Headcount Day
14/05/18 Inclusion
Funding Panel
18/05/18
FE Summer Actuals Deadline
Previously on the Weekly Broadcast
Below is a list of headlines from recent broadcasts. Click on the date to view a copy:
Wednesday 18 April 2018
- Warning over diarrhoea illness linked to West Sussex farm visits
- Summer term Free Entitlement actuals and 30hr codes – advance notice
- Early Years Transition Events
- Paediatric and Adult First Aid Training
Wednesday 11 April 2018
- 30 Hours Extended Entitlement - Summer Term
Wednesday 4 April 2018
- Free Entitlement Summer Term Estimate payments
- EY Initial Teacher Training at the University of Brighton
Wednesday 28 March 2018
- 30 Hours Extended Entitlement - Summer Term
- 2018 – 2019 Training Subscription Scheme
- Advanced Notice of Booking: Early Years Transition Events 2018
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