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Let’s Be Confident… Testing and Gathering Evidence to Test Flexible Ways of Providing Wraparound Childcare

This facilitated 60-minute session for Local Authority officers builds and consolidates on the Let’s Talk About session earlier in the month, and will hold space for shared reflection on evidence gathering around flexible approaches, further sharing of ideas and what’s working well and problem solving around testing approaches. Please note that the slides used for this “Let’s Be Confident” session are the same as those used in the ‘Let’s Talk About’ session.

Keeping the Child Central – Cultivating Inclusion in Wraparound Childcare

This two-hour session provides an opportunity for local authority officers to reflect and refresh thinking on SEND and inclusion in wraparound provision.  Follow the below link to view the scenarios from the session. Each scenario contains suggested points to consider when discussing with or providing support to a provider. Keeping the child central – scenarios […]

Let’s Talk About… Engaging Schools in Sufficiency Planning for Early Years

A 60-minute session for officers responsible for childcare market management and the engagement of schools in early years sufficiency planning. Schools will be an essential partner in developing, delivering or supporting new early years places in some areas in 2025. Increasing capacity, lowering age ranges or setting up new provision in available school space may be key activity in sufficiency action plan. Engaging school leaders, MATs and academies will be key to the success of this strategy.

Let’s Be Confident… Promotion and Marketing to Stimulate Wraparound Demand

This 60-minute session is for officers who are working with schools and providers to deliver the National Wraparound Childcare Programme in England. It aimed to expand on knowledge acquired in the Let’s Talk About Session help on 16 October 2024 and help LAs who are less confident in marketing to ensure they are fully equipped to support the providers they are working with.

Let’s Talk About… Maximising Provider Capacity in Preparation for 2025

This recorded session is for officers responsible for and working in childcare market management and early years sufficiency planning. Sufficiency action plans may require the creation of a small number of places in a certain area or may involve finding additional places for a specific age group.

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Resources Filter by subject: All Delivery Plans DfE Guidance Finance and Funding Let’s Be Confident Let’s Talk About Other SEND Supply and Demand Filter by type: All Blog Case Study Local Authority Example Other Research Briefing Slides Template Toolkit Video Annex E: Government Funded childcare for Eligible Two Year Olds – Toolkit for Providers This […]

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Resources Filter by subject: All Delivery Plans DfE Guidance Finance and Funding Let’s Be Confident Let’s Talk About Other SEND Supply and Demand Filter by type: All Blog Case Study Local Authority Example Other Research Briefing Slides Template Toolkit Video Wraparound Provision in Schools: Insights from the Bi-Borough This resource package comprises two case studies […]