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
Dingley’s Promise: Inclusive Practice in the Early Years
A series of short videos and handbooks all about SEND and inclusive practice in the early years
Dingley’s Promise: A Reflective Approach to Identifying SEND and Inclusion
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
Dingley’s Promise: Developing an Inclusive Curriculum
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 […]