National Meeting – book now!
We are delighted to invite local authority colleagues to join us at a national meeting in central London on Tuesday 24th June.
The meeting will focus on final plans and preparations for September 2025 and 2026 for early years and wraparound childcare. Our aim is to extend the experiences of online and regional meetings, and to open up wider relationships and information exchanges to benefit all of our work. An agenda will be issued in the near future.
Approximate timings for the event will be 10am - 3.30pm, with arrival and registration from 9.15am.
For now, please reserve your place (currently limiting places to two colleagues per LA).
Booking link: https://forms.office.com/e/2WntwLcZP1
Regional Network Meetings – bookings are now closed
Thank you to everyone who has booked a place for the spring regional network meetings. Bookings are now closed. If you have any questions or need to make any changes to your booking, please email childcareworks@mottmac.com
Resources
Marketing and promotion guidance
Marketing and promotion are important tasks for all schools and providers, especially as the expansion of early years and wraparound childcare continues. Childcare Works has created a summary document which details information and guidance for you as a local authority to use and content you can share with schools, childminders and PVI group providers to signpost directly to the marketing and promotion support available on the HUB and Childcare Choices. We have also created a document that you can share directly with providers and schools, or share in training, or at network meetings.
New! Recording and slides from the ‘How Data-Led Planning Can Support Robust Decision-making in Wraparound Childcare’ (webinar held on 17th April)
This session focused on how data can support decisions in place creation, determining sufficiency and levels of oversupply. Watch now
Catch up on …. the recording and slides from the ‘What’s working well in wraparound’ (webinar held on 9th April)
This session focused on what’s working well, emerging solutions and innovation. Developing models of delivery that meet local challenges. Watch now
Upcoming webinars in April / May / June
For providers
Childcare Works free webinars for Early Years and Wraparound providers and schools.
We will be running informal, friendly and informative live sessions to support all EY and WA providers and schools where they can find out more about the wealth of resources, guidance and information available to support them.
Please share this suggested copy and social assets with your local providers and schools:
Childcare Works free webinars for Early Years and Wraparound Childcare providers and schools. Join one of the upcoming Childcare Works live sessions and find out more about the wealth of resources, guidance and information available to support you. Find out more and sign up at childcareworks.org.uk/webinars
For LAs
Wraparound – engaging schools in sufficiency planning – a 45-minute online session to introduce new guidance for schools, Thursday 24 April 14:30 – 15:15 https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e219b889-f623-4716-abd8-3e3d375b7283@a2bed0c4-5957-4f73-b0c2-a811407590fb
Wraparound – working with the existing market to support sustainability. Building on the ‘data-led planning’ session on 17 April. How do you use data to support on-going sustainability? Friday 25 April 09:30 – 11:00 https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6590819a-29f0-4100-be04-5ff0ee9b299a@a2bed0c4-5957-4f73-b0c2-a811407590fb
Wraparound - Constructs of quality in wraparound care - this session will explore notions of quality practice in wraparound. By examining key principles of quality practice local authority officers will consider how they can best use existing resource to support and encourage high quality practice across the settings they support. Monday 12 May 1000-1130 https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/258acf10-7489-42c4-a7df-b682584cd869@a2bed0c4-5957-4f73-b0c2-a811407590fb
Early Years - PACEY Childminding week 2025: LA forum – join PACEY Chief Exec, Helen Donohoe, and Childcare Works Programme Director, Kate Haythornthwaite as they sit down with LAs from across the country to talk about the work they do to recruit, retain and stabilise the number of childminders in their area. Tuesday 13 May 1100-1200 Childminding Week: Virtual Local Authority Forum (England) - PACEY