Childcare Works Early Years and Wraparound Childcare Spring Regional Meetings 2025
Regional meetings focus on planning and delivery, and bring local authorities together to network, and to share success and challenges across the early years’ expansion and wraparound childcare. During these meetings the latest Department for Education and Childcare Works’ information is shared. You can access the slides from the Spring Regional Meetings below: […]
Childcare Works Webinar for Early Years Settings and Schools
Watch this Childcare Works session recorded on the 6th May 2025 for early years providers. This webinar was designed to introduce the new Early Years Toolkit, created specifically for providers. During the session (below) providers were introduced to: the free resources and information available to make sure your nursery, school or setting is ready for […]
Childcare Works Webinar for Wraparound Childcare Providers
Watch this Childcare Works session recorded on the 14th May 2025 was for wraparound childcare providers. This webinar was designed to introduce the guidance and information available to providers, out of school clubs or childminders – including breakfast clubs, after school clubs, holiday clubs and playschemes. The recorded webinar (below) is an opportunity for you […]
Vodcast: Early Years Funding Insights from Southampton City Council – Sufficiency
Southampton City Council years team provides insights into their early years sufficiency work. This includes how they calculate provider funding provider perspectives on Southampton’s approach to calculating funding simplifying funding administration In addition to the use of termly surveys to support sufficiency, this vodcast explores how the findings on sufficiency are disseminated and monitoring the […]
Vodcast: Early Years Funding Insights from Southampton City Council – Funding Streams
Southampton City Council’s early years team provides insights into their early years funding. This includes an overview of: their funding steams providing premises for provision in areas where it is needed incentivising providers to increase provision and quality through early years funding, for example SEND training and awareness. For more information watch the vodcast from […]
Childcare Expansion Myth-buster for Providers
This resource was last updated in May 2025. This easy-to-read myth-buster has been developed to address common misconceptions around the childcare expansion. The visually optimised resource shares comprehensive and accurate information from trusted official sources that can easily be downloaded, printed and shared with staff teams, or displayed in staff rooms.
Resource Directory
This Childcare Works Resource Directory was compiled in April 2025 for local authorities. It was created as a useful short cut to finding information and support. The directory features links to resources from across the Childcare Works website and will be regularly updated.
Session 2: Flexible and Affordable Early Years Childcare (in Maintained Schools and Academy Trusts) That Works for Families
This resource is the second session from a larger package of resources: Delivering Early Years Entitlements. Affordability and flexibility are key in establishing early years provision that works for both families and the maintained school or academy trust. This 18 minute information session explores: Models of delivery Funding rates, funding processes, Early Years Pupil Premium […]
Case Study: Working with Childminders, Lessons from Southampton
We spoke to Southampton about their approach, challenges, and successes in supporting childminders, here’s what they had to say: How does Southampton engage with childminders to support the early years entitlement rollout? In Southampton, we pride ourselves on our personalised approach. Our team knows every childminder individually, allowing us to build strong relationships and provide […]