Www.southwark.gov.uk Early Years update Georgia Pritchard- Early Years Adviser.

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Early Years updateGeorgia Pritchard- Early Years Adviser


30 hours free childcare for working parents

Initially DfE requested provisions to register interest in becoming early

implementersNow the DfE will only be accepting

applications submitted by local authorities

Southwark will not be submitting a borough wide proposal to be part of the

pilot


Nicky Morgan: Parents get ‘right to request’ schools

open for full working dayBBC news website

Proposal that families of children in thousands of schools would be given the

“right to request” that their school “provides childcare for a full working day,

before and after school and during the school holidays”.

School will be required to ‘take reasonable steps’ to make sure this is provided


Early years experts call for retained statutory status for EYFSP

Foundation years website4Children has responded to the consultation, noting how if

proposals to introduce a baseline assessment are to succeed they must:

•Use the baseline to build on existing two year old checks to truly inform early identification for the pupil premium

•Ensure that any baseline assessment is in sympathy with

a child starting school

•Balance between a baseline assessment and the profile of a child’s learning over time.


Summer-born children 'to get the right to start school later‘

Gov.uk website

Schools Minister Nick Gibb announced the government’s intention to give summer-born

children the right to start in reception at the age of 5

The minister said admissions rules must be changed so children born between 1st April and 31st August cannot be forced to go straight into year 1

if they wait to start school until they turn 5

A consultation will now be carried out and the reforms approved by Parliament


Two year old provision in schools

Schools no longer have to register separately with Ofsted

The ‘School Organisation’ guidance has been amended so that schools can lower their age

range by up to two years without having to go through a statutory process.

Provisional date for LA training Thursday 28th January


Early Years in schools bespoke training courses


Resources‘What to expect when’- publication from the DfE and 4Children for parents

Early Years Pupil Premium- information on how to get the most from the funding www.early-education.org.uk/eypp

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