Recruiting and Retaining your Workforce
A toolkit created by the Department for Education for all those involved in delivering free breakfast clubs and wraparound childcare. Published December 2025
Dingley’s Promise: SEND Assessment Guidance Handbook and Video
This video and handbook is part of the ‘Inclusive Practice in the Early Years’ collection
Dingley’s Promise: The Use of Graduated Approach and Ordinarily Available Provision in Inclusive Practice
This video and handbook is part of the ‘Inclusive Practice in the Early Years’ collection
Resource Directory
This directory lists all the topics and resources available to local authorities on Childcare Works. It is a regularly updated downloadable PDF
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 […]
Wraparound Toolkit
Childcare Works has created a toolkit for wraparound childcare providers, schools and childminders.
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. […]
Early Years Toolkit
Childcare Works has created an early years toolkit for providers, schools and childminders
Session 1a: Programme Overview
This resource is part of a package: Information to support maintained schools and academy trusts when implementing the National Wraparound Childcare Programme