Childminder models of wraparound provision
A downloadable PDF, webinar recording and slides for local authorities. Produced in December 2025
Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools and trusts
This guidance from the Department for Education explains the role of schools and trusts in setting up and running free breakfast clubs, including specific guidance for schools joining phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026. The guidance sets out the requirements and expectations of schools, and outlines what they need to consider when […]
Ambitious Place Delivery – Top Tips for Local Authorities
A downloadable PDF featuring ideas and suggestions to support continued Wraparound place creation
Driving Early Years Inclusion
A downloadable PDF and a recording of a webinar held in November 2025 for local authorities
Childcare Workforce Recruitment and Retention – Advice for early years and childcare providers
Childcare Works is the Department for Education’s delivery partner, supporting Local Authorities, providers, childminders and schools to deliver the expansion of the early years entitlements and wraparound childcare programme. We know that recruitment and retention of staff is one of the sector’s biggest challenges so we have created Advice for early years and childcare providers […]
Childminder Agencies
The Department for Education produced a policy paper in September 2025 all about the role of childminder agencies. Childminder agencies (CMAs) are organisations that can register and quality assure: childminders (with and without domestic premises) providers of ‘childcare on domestic premises’ (CODPs) Ofsted regulates and inspects CMAs. All CMAs must be registered with Ofsted. Childminders and providers […]
Route Map to 2026 for Early Years Expansion and Roll-out of the Wraparound Childcare Programme
The route maps for the Early Years expansion and Wraparound childcare suggest where we feel local authorities need to be in terms of their planning for, and delivery of, the programmes at the end of each academic term and breaks down some of the tasks that need to be completed to help reach that point. […]
Childcare Works National Meeting
Watch recordings from the National Meeting for local authorities held in June 2025
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